How Smart Routers Came to Be: A Comprehensive Guide

How Smart Routers Came to Be: A Comprehensive Guide

Click the “Computer Enthusiast” above to follow us The editor bows deeply to express gratitude for your support. Whenever there is a tutorial, about 85% of readers want to try “flashing” their wireless routers. To be honest, I never expected such a result. Why do I say this? After learning from a “master” who has … Read more

Steps and Methods for IC Chip Programming

IC programming refers to the process of writing software (also known as firmware) onto an IC. Generally, products from the manufacturer are not pre-programmed, but they usually contain some code (for example, some chips have a unique serial number, boot section, etc.). This process is a necessary step that is even more important than IC … Read more

God Mode of IoT Devices: Insights from 2017 Security Developer Summit

God Mode of IoT Devices: Insights from 2017 Security Developer Summit

Editor’s Note: Currently, the security issues of IoT devices are mainly limited by hardware and software. Often, if the configuration does not keep up, even if developers want to address security issues, they may feel powerless. On the software level, the built-in protection mechanisms of the system are particularly critical, especially permission-based protections. We know … Read more

How to Gain Local Shell Access on IoT Devices

How to Gain Local Shell Access on IoT Devices

This article is a featured post from the KSY Forum by author ID: fengzhidian 1. Introduction The author has recently researched several smart home devices, which have fewer open ports and are generally unable to obtain debugging permissions from the network side. Gaining local debugging permissions on the device has become an important step in … Read more

Controlling a Router Device Using U-Boot

Controlling a Router Device Using U-Boot

This article is a featured article from the Kanxue Forum, author ID: Q老Q 1 Entering U-Boot Shell from UART After opening a certain router device, locate the UART interface and connect the UART pins to the computer through TTL. Power on the router and observe the startup log. Boot SPI NAND start read bootheader start … Read more

Getting Started with Router Firmware Compilation

Getting Started with Router Firmware Compilation

0×01 Environment Preparation 1. This time we will use the open-source OPENWRT source code for compilation. OpenWRT is a highly modular and automated embedded Linux system, with powerful network components and extensibility, often used in industrial control devices, telephones, small robots, smart homes, routers, and VOIP devices. It also provides over 100 pre-compiled software packages, … Read more

Sharing SoC Function Simulation Verification Technology

Sharing SoC Function Simulation Verification Technology

Introduction to the Basic Simulation Environment of SoC I have written one on the forum. http://bbs.eetop.cn/thread-442797-1-1.html “How to Build the Basic Testbench for SoC Projects (My Process)”. Here, I will mention the important and changed parts. Assuming this SoC has a CPU system, memory controller, bus topology, PAD, Clock reset, and some logic functional modules. … Read more

Solution for No Cortex-M Device Found in JTAG Chain

Solution for No Cortex-M Device Found in JTAG Chain

Today I flashed a firmware, and it ran normally. However, when I tried to flash another firmware, I encountered this issue: No Cortex-M Device found in JTAG chain.Please check the JTAG cable and the connected devices. I found the answer on Baidu, which indicated that treating the JTAG pins as I/O pins would cause the … Read more

IoT Device Firmware Security Monitoring Report

IoT Device Firmware Security Monitoring Report

1. Overview In recent years, the Internet of Things (IoT) has been deeply integrated with technologies such as 5G, artificial intelligence, blockchain, big data, and IPv6, leading to a continuous emergence of new technologies, products, and models. With the acceleration of digital transformation and intelligent upgrading of the economy and society, IoT has been widely … Read more