Hardware and device research

Browse hardware reverse engineering and documentation projects. Explore chips, boards and systems through public research and contribution resources.

Projects: 65

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Completed means every reported percentage is 100%, or the project is explicitly marked complete. Each measurement keeps its original scope; code matching alone does not describe every part of a project.

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degatecommunity/degate
Hardware and device researchProject status: Unknown

A modern and open-source cross-platform software for chips reverse engineering.

Target software or hardware
Unknown
Work type
Reverse engineering and documentation

Reported progress

Checklist completion≈100%

Roadmap — For 2.0.0-beta.1 [current]: — 2/2 listed items checked; items are equally weighted

Source

taxmachine/ajazz-keyboard-software-linux
Hardware and device researchProject status: Unknown

keyboard software for Ajazz keyboards, mainly the AK820 pro

Target software or hardware
Ajazz
Work type
Source reconstruction

Reported progress

Checklist completion≈20%

Linux Software for the Ajazz SONiX AK820 Pro (VID 0x8009) — TODO — 1/5 listed items checked; items are equally weighted

Source

rauli2780/nest-audio-pcb
Hardware and device researchProject status: Unknown

Open-source drop-in PCB replacement for Google Nest Audio with Home Assistant integration

Target software or hardware
Google Nest Audio
Work type
Reverse engineering and documentation

Reported progress

Checklist completion≈14%

Nest Audio Drop-In PCB Replacement — Project Status — 1/7 listed items checked; items are equally weighted

Source

shahcolate/pocket-libre
Hardware and device researchProject status: Unknown

Replace the vendor app for your Pocket AI voice recorder. Pull recordings over BLE, transcribe locally with Whisper, diarize speakers, and summarize with your own API keys — no vendor cloud, ~$2/year.

Target software or hardware
Pocket AI voice recorder
Work type
Reverse engineering and documentation

Reported progress

Checklist completion≈88%

Pocket Libre — Status — 14/16 listed items checked; items are equally weighted

Source

petabyt/vcam
Hardware and device researchProject status: Unknown

Reimplementation of proprietary MTP responders for black-box testing

Target software or hardware
MTP responders
Work type
Reimplementation and compatibility

Reported progress

Checklist completion≈64%

vcam — Roadmap — 9/14 listed items checked; items are equally weighted

Source

nixsm/arduino-ac-remote
Hardware and device researchProject status: Unknown

A project to reverse engineer the ZH/JT-03 IR remote AC controller.

Target software or hardware
ZH/JT-03 IR remote AC controller
Work type
Reverse engineering and documentation

Reported progress

Checklist completion≈23%

Reverse engineering the ZH/JT-03 AC Infrared remote control and implementing it in an Arduino — TODO List — 3/13 listed items checked; items are equally weighted

Source

wh1le/garmin-bridge
Hardware and device researchProject status: Unknown

Reverse-engineered ble Garmin Fenix synchronizer for Linux - weather, calendar, and alarms via BLE. No smartphone required.

Target software or hardware
Garmin Fenix
Work type
Source reconstruction

Reported progress

Checklist completion≈70%

Garmin Bridge — Status — 7/10 listed items checked; items are equally weighted

Source

mwdmwd/sc26re
Hardware and device researchProject status: Unknown

Reverse engineering tools and experimental firmware reimplementation for the Steam Controller (2026)

Target software or hardware
Steam Controller (2026)
Work type
Reverse engineering and documentation

Reported progress

Checklist completion≈60%

SC26re — Status — TODO — 27/45 listed items checked; items are equally weighted

Source

andrey-tut/looi-robot
Hardware and device researchProject status: Unknown

Unofficial LOOI Robot BLE toolkit: keyboard control, sensor decoding, telemetry experiments, logs, and a Flutter companion-app roadmap.

Target software or hardware
LOOI Robot
Work type
Reverse engineering and documentation

Reported progress

Checklist completion≈67%

Roadmap — Phase 1 — Stabilize Python research tools — 8/12 listed items checked; items are equally weighted

Source

latchdevel/c_esr_meter
Hardware and device researchProject status: Unknown

Reimplementation of the Russian capacitance and ESR meter for electrolytic capacitors

Target software or hardware
capacitance and ESR meter
Work type
Reimplementation and compatibility

Reported progress

Checklist completion≈64%

PCB — Roadmap — 7/11 listed items checked; items are equally weighted

Source

kazehana99k/logitech-pro-x2-superstrike-linux-haptics-actuation-control-
Hardware and device researchProject status: Unknown

Linux control of the Logitech G PRO X2 SUPERSTRIKE click-haptics & actuation (HITS / HID++ feature 0x1B0C). No G HUB needed.

Target software or hardware
Logitech G PRO X2 SUPERSTRIKE
Work type
Source reconstruction

Reported progress

Checklist completion≈0%

superstrike-hits-linux — Status / TODO — 0/3 listed items checked; items are equally weighted

Source

qwertymodo/kicad-snn-cpu-01
Hardware and device researchProject status: Unknown

Reverse-engineered schematic and PCB layout for the Nintendo SNN-CPU-01 main board

Target software or hardware
Nintendo SNN-CPU-01
Work type
Source reconstruction

Reported progress

Checklist completion≈80%

SuPretendo Jr — Project Status — 4/5 listed items checked; items are equally weighted

Source

dnhkng/open-rknpu
Hardware and device researchProject status: Unknown

Open compiler and libc-only runtime for the Rockchip RV1103/RV1106 NPU - no vendor SDK, no RKNN library, no captured binaries

Target software or hardware
Rockchip RV1103/RV1106 NPU
Work type
Source reconstruction

Reported progress

Checklist completion≈93%

RV1103 primitive roadmap — Latest status — 2026-09-09 — 13/14 listed items checked; items are equally weighted

Source

akreager/cd_changer_emulator
Hardware and device researchProject status: Unknown

Raspberry Pi CD changer emulator for 1990s Kenwood car stereos. Reverse-engineers the 13-pin DIN serial protocol and replaces the changer with a Pi HAT featuring ATtiny1616, PCM5102A DAC, and automotive power management.

Target software or hardware
13-pin DIN serial protocol
Work type
Reverse engineering and documentation

Reported progress

Checklist completion≈0%

CD Changer Emulator — Project Status — Immediate To-Do — 0/5 listed items checked; items are equally weighted

Source

kezii/rquansheng
Hardware and device researchProject status: Unknown

WIP Quansheng UV-K5 grounds-up reimplementation, made in Rust

Target software or hardware
Quansheng UV-K5
Work type
Reimplementation and compatibility

Reported progress

Checklist completion≈100%

Roadmap — Basics — 11/11 listed items checked; items are equally weighted

Source