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Makers of HackRF One, Cynthion, YARD Stick One, and more. We design open source tools for innovative people.
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Looking for work or know someone who is? Great Scott Gadgets has a remote job opening for a Community Engagement and Operations Coordinator. Read more and apply here: greatscottgadgets.com/jobs/

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Video of Michael's talk at ShmooCon 2025 is here! Watch to learn how the open source ecosystem and FPGA architecture behind tools like Cynthion have made USB research more accessible. youtu.be/eedIlLA37XU?... #opensource #opensourcehardware #FPGA #Cynthion #usbresearch #greatscottgadgets #greatfet

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

Check out part two of our video series about Cynthion, the USB multitool from Great Scott Gadgets. Martin explains the basics of Facedancer and demonstrates how to use Cynthion and Facedancer to emulate a PS5 controller: youtu.be/MMZAyQuZHvs?... #cynthion #greatscottgadgets #usbresearch

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

It may be after the holidays but this gift guide is good for any time.

submitted 55 days ago • 1 comment

Happy holidays, folks! Great Scott Gadgets will be taking a break during the winter holidays from Monday December 23rd to Wednesday January 1st. We will all be spending time with family and friends and will not be available to provide support or answer questions during our break. ❄️

submitted 77 days ago • 0 comments

Open source companies thrive with support from their communities, and Great Scott Gadgets is no different. If you want to be more involved or find ways to support our work, check out greatscottgadgets.com/support/

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Our belated Free Stuff recipient for April 2024 is Necati Sari. Read more about Necati's application to the Free Stuff Program on our website: greatscottgadgets.com/2024/11-28-f... #greatscottgadgets #freestuffprogram #hackrf #hackrfone

submitted 91 days ago • 0 comments

Our belated Free Stuff recipient for March 2024 is Benjamin. To learn more about the great work he does in his community, read our blog post on Benjamin's Free Stuff application: greatscottgadgets.com/2024/11-26-f...

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Mike Walters, one of our engineers, has used Cynthion to reverse-engineer the protocol his VNA uses to communicate with electronic calibration modules over USB. greatscottgadgets.com/2024/11-13-r... #cynthion

submitted 95 days ago • 1 comment

If you are just getting started with USB research, or Cynthion, check out our latest video on sniffing PS5 Controller packets. youtu.be/DHjmOFIk2nk?... #cynthion #greatscottgadgets #usbresearch

submitted 98 days ago • 0 comments

We've updated our documentation on Opera Cake, our antenna switching add-on board for HackRF One, to include a block diagram. For more information on Opera Cake and how to use it, check out greatscottgadgets.com/hackrf/opera...

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February's belated Free Stuff recipient is Adam! Read more about his application here: greatscottgadgets.com/2024/10-15-f... We loved that Adam's Free Stuff application mentioned expected outcome, breadth of impact, and how he regularly participates in his community.

submitted 128 days ago • 0 comments

This post is quite belated, but we are getting caught up on our Free Stuff Program! Our first recipient for 2024 is Marc from PySDR.org. To read more about what Marc is doing with the HackRF One we are sending him, please read the blog post on our website: greatscottgadgets.com/2024/08-27-f...

submitted 130 days ago • 0 comments

Elecia and Chris are joined by Antoine van Gelder from Great Scott Gadgets( @greatscottgadgets.bsky.social ) to talk about making digital musical instruments, USB, and FPGAs. Join them here: embedded.fm/episodes/486. Here's an excerpt: #embedded #music #engineering #usb #podcast

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If you want Great Scott Gadgets merch, check out haxessories.com. They've added some of our most popular stickers to their store.

submitted 186 days ago • 0 comments

Cynthion can now be purchased from more resellers! We have eight resellers for Cynthion other than Crowd Supply and Mouser and are continuing to on-board more. Please check them out. greatscottgadgets.com/cynthion/

submitted 193 days ago • 1 comment

After a long, long wait, it finally arrived! Time for some usb manipulation

submitted 240 days ago • 1 comment

🚀 Today #FedEx rang my doorbell and what a surprise #Cynthion arrived! The quality of workmanship is simply superb, a big thank you to the whole team at @greatscottgadgets.bsky.social gets who made this possible and of course to @ktemk.in and @whitequark.org who laid the foundations for it. ❤️ #fpga

submitted 239 days ago • 0 comments

Cynthion is about to ship from Crowd Supply. www.crowdsupply.com/great-scott-...

submitted 241 days ago • 0 comments

There will be at least one Cynthion with Straithe at Teardown in Portland this weekend.

submitted 254 days ago • 0 comments

It is time! Cynthion is shipping soon so make sure to update your address(es) on Crowd Supply. We'll post another update once Cynthions leave the Mouser warehouse. crowdsupply.com/great-scott-...

submitted 270 days ago • 0 comments

As of today, the fourth major release of the GreatFET software and firmware stacks (greatfet 2024.0.0) is now available! The changelog and other details can be viewed on our GitHub repository: github.com/greatscottga...

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Our December 2023 recipient for Free Stuff is a STEM Camp where students will have the opportunity to use the requested HackRF One to do a quantum physics experiment with laser light and modulated RF. greatscottgadgets.com/2024/05-08-f... #hackrf #hackrfone #greatscottgadgets

submitted 295 days ago • 0 comments

Our November recipient for Free Stuff is Ryan! To read more about November's recipient, check out the blog post on the Great Scott Gadgets website! greatscottgadgets.com/2024/05-06-f...

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