In this post we discuss how to commuinicate with an unsupported chip using OpenOCD and review how to write flash programming algorithms in OpenOCD. We also demonstrate how to flash custom firmware to the target device.

In our last post, we reviewed how to use the pi-gen tool to generate an image for a Raspberry Pi that is pre-configured with many tools needed for basic hardware hacking. In this post, we will start using them on our first target.

With this post we provide an introduction to a three part series on hardware hacking and how to use a Raspberry Pi as a hardware hacking multitool. This post covers how to configure the Raspberry Pi and describes the first target that we will be using for the series

With this blog post, we'll introduce the PiFex, a basic companion board for the Raspberry Pi designed to teach users the basics of hardware hacking and embedded protocols. We will then demonstrate how to use the PiFex to access a JTAG tap on an undocumented SSD, allowing memory reads and GDB access to the SSD CPU.