This week are we talking about tools to get you through different situations. Both of share our list of items to tackle a few common situations. By no means is this extensive but it doesn’t focus exclusively on software.

  • Program extraction - Debuggers/Programmers/Readers
    • Segger J-Link/J-Trace
    • BlackMagicProbe
    • ST-Link
    • BusBlaster
    • JTAGulator
    • TL866 Universal Programmer
  • Decoding the data - Binary Analysis tools (Yes, there is more than just IDA)
    • IDA (Pro) with or without decompiler
    • Binary Ninja
    • Radare 2
    • BinVis
  • Real-time binary analysis - Debugging SW
    • JLink/Ozone
    • gdb/kdb/lldb
    • openOCD
    • SoftICE
    • MASM
  • Listening to the hardware - Signal Analysis/Generation
    • Saleae Logic
    • Analog Discovery 2
    • Oscilloscope
    • BusPirate
    • GreatFET/GoodFET
    • USBeagle USB Analyzer and other devices AArdvark/Cheetah i2c/spi
    • Bitscope
    • LT SPICE
    • Digital Multi-Meter
    • USB Descriptor Dumper
  • Listening from afar - SDR/Wireless Hardware
    • FCC-ID search
    • RTL-SDR
    • HackRF
    • BladeRF
    • Ettus Research USRP
    • Ubertooth One
    • Yardstick One
    • ChipWhisperer
    • Frontline Sodera BLE analyzer
  • Even more SDR Software
    • GNURadio
    • Inspectrum
  • Hardware handling tools
    • Microscopes
    • Z-axis tape
    • Soldering iron or SMD rework station with air gun
  • General Tools
    • BeyondCompare
    • Lab notebooks
    • Search for the chips using:
      1. Octopart
      2. S-manuals

Perhaps we missed your favorite tool or you had questions and comments about our list, find us on twitter @unnamed_show, or email us at show@unnamedre.com and tell us.

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