Flipper Zero
- Derek Jamison
- Feb 12, 2023
- 2 min read
Over the past year, a few friends and relatives were asking me about the Flipper Zero. I finally broke down and purchased it. I was lucky to receive one early January, as stock is really limited.
The Flipper Zero is an "Open source multi-tool device for researching and pentesting radio protocols, access control systems, hardware, and more." according to its kickstarter page.
It turns out this form-factor is really nice, and the cute dolphin adds a level of fun to the system.
The open-source aspect has been amazing! When you want to understand how something works, you can just take a look at the code. I've been writing tutorials about the Flipper Zero on GitHub and I started making videos on YouTube as well. My YouTube channel has had 75 new subscribers, since I started releasing videos (Jan 22-Feb 12).
The Flipper can do things like record a sub-ghz (<1GHz signal) and then play it back (so you can see if replay attacks are possible.) People on the internet seem to love the fact that the Tesla charging port can be opened by sending a specific signal. It's been fun to make videos where we look a little deeper, like opening the save file & understanding how RF signals work for various remotes. I'm a total noob in this space, so learning and then teaching is something I really enjoy.
I'm working on a multi-player game (which will also have tutorials so other people can create their own games.) The game is simple... Rock, Paper and Scissors with one twist of being able to exchange a small message like your discord handle, YouTube channel, etc. so that at a conference like Defcon you might have an easier time keeping up with people after the conference. (With such limited stock of Flippers, I'm not sure how many people will have one?)
I'm about to transition my videos into GPIO (General-Purpose Input/Output) which are those sockets on the top of the Flipper. I think it's mostly a 3.3volt architecture, but I guess I'll know more as I learn more. Doing that hybrid of software and hardware is something I enjoy, so hopefully a few people will be able to make some blinking lights & learn some fundamentals that will help them out in future IoT projects.
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