Intro to Hardware Reversing: Finding a UART and getting a shell 

The rare 'triple crown' of educators: Intelligent, good at explaining, and interesting to listen to. Props.

Dam I was excited to watch all the videos but I just realized that there is only 2 of em. Please make more videos I love them :)

The thing that’s great about his video is that he not only tells you how to do it but also tells you the thinking process, while still keeping the video short and straightforward. He’s a great educator. I hope my teachers are all like him.

6:11 Serial ports usually default to the high level when not transmitting and pull the line low to send the start bit (0) after which it jumps up and down to representing the zeros and ones being sent. While transmitting data, on average the line is usually somewhere around half VCC since on average you'll probably be sending about as many zeros as ones. Therefore you should expect to get 3.3 V on idle around 1-2 V while transmitting. That's with a multimeter (or other slow voltmeter), on an oscilloscope you would see the actual data being sent of course.

Im an electrical engineer by education and a software developer by trade, and this video is a beautiful rainbow connecting them both. Can't wait to mess around with some of this stuff

Please don’t make us wait another two years lol

Bro, i was watching it WITHOUT SKIPPING, it was so cool and interesting! Sadly, there are only 2 videos on your channel. Make another one, it's really cool. Pure jewel.

SPEECHLESS. PURE JEWEL. It takes great curiosity, comprehension and an intelligence to cram up the most difficult of the contents into as much less of a time and length as possible - with added wittyness. THIS MAN IS A TRUE GENIUS. A man holding the capability to spark the same into others. BRAVO! BRAVO! BRAVO!

Tony! There are only two videos here?! I refuse to believe that you have this level of skill as a teacher / producer of tutorial videos out of nowhere. Please, PLEASE, if you have some back catalogue of videos that you’ve produced for work/school? I am 100% certain that I speak for every sentient life form across the known and unknown universe when I say : TONY. GIVE. US. MORE! I don’t care if it’s a video showing us how to bend a paper clip to look like a bunny. Teach me to clean a soldering iron by licking it. Show me how you organise zip-ties. ANYTHING, TONY. PLEASE!

I rarely comment on videos, disappointed there aren't more. Easy to follow, perfect pace. ty

This is one of the most informative videos I have ever seen in my life. So much info packed into such a brief video. This guy should be teaching IT professors how to explain things.

Imagine dropping 2 banger videos, 2 years apart, and then disappearing for 4 years lmao

Doing my yearly attendance to this wonderfully made video. Please come back.

Hey, just checked your channel and im disappointed its not a gold mine of more content just like this. Im a senior electrical engineer going for a masters in elec/computer engineering and this type of stuff I wanna learn to do its incredibly interesting and hope to see more in the future. Great stuff honestly

Sometimes though, there will also be a pair of 0-ohm resistors in series with the rx and tx lines that won't be populated on the production version. (They're included on very-low-volume equipment because sometimes rx and tx get mixed up at the design stage, so this is added to make it easy to switch them back with bodge wires instead of re-spinning the whole board.) If you're able to find that, you can just blob some solder over those pads to close them (or solder robe wires directly to the appropriate pads), but figuring out which unpopulated pads are the rx/tx crossover isn't always easy.

I should thank you for the FCC thing you thought us. Thanks

This was really good. I'd really love see more content like this!

You sir are a good teacher of the uninitiated. Being able to bridge the gap from uninitiated students to intermediate learners in fields like IT/Network Inf is crucial! Make more videos please!

This was a really nice introduction to exploring devices!

hands down some of the most incredibly approachable, beginner friendly, and informative content I've ever seen on the subject! wish you were still making videos :)

Thank you for listening to your new wave of viewers. You have a knack for videomaking and this is a hella cool topic thats massively underrepresented here on youtube. Keep this thing going!

I just found your channel and I have to say, I sincerely hope you're able to put out more content more regularly in the future. Your videos are informative without being long-winded, and they're incredibly well presented. Also, the recap at the end is a nice touch. Thank you for taking the time to make these videos.

This was an awesome tutorial. I was disappointed to see this was only your second video in 2 years, I really hope you make more like this soon. I'm subscribing!

Loved this, surprised you only had 2 videos, it was so well done. Looking forward to more if you get the time to make them.

Please continue to make more videos! I found your other video months ago and was sad when I saw it was your only one, then this gem magically pops up! Thank you so much!

You made learning this fun and entertaining. A professor once told me that a true sign of intelligence is the ability for a human to make a complicated task sound easy and enjoyable to enable another human to learn the topic covered.

You're a really good teacher! You clearly love this stuff and that makes learning about it even more enjoyable on my end. Please make more hardware vids!

I learned more from 2 videos and 20 something minutes than I have done in years from other sources 👍🏻

Wow this really awesome! There are so many kinds of hardware I have wanted to get a look at, this kind just opens the door up enough that I feel I could give it a shot. Thanks for the video man!

Dude - this is amazing! As an EE with a hardware background, it was really exciting to see how accessible doing stuff like this is.

THIS GUY IS AMAZING! I was getting ready to binge watch every video this guy has but :(. Please make more videos. You have a gift.

This is really well done! Thankyou for a well thought out explanation with great choices for visuals. The FCC technique to look 'inside' of objects before owning them is brilliant. Thanks!

Please continue to make more videos if possible for you. You stand out as one of the clearest communicators I've ever heard from in Cybersec

It's a mystery you haven't uploaded anything for two years. Another brilliant presentation. Keep 'em coming!

This is by far the most interesting video I have seen working with hardware/firmware. I have always wanted to see firmware but didn't know how until now.

love how he encourages you to get started even if you dont know stuff, and makes you feel comfortable doing stuff like this

You should definitely make more of these. No doubt they're time consuming but you seem to have a knack for it and a voice people want to listen to. There's also not a too many people making content specialised in electronics on RU-vid at the moment. Given the response you've had so far I'd say It's quite a good opportunity you've got here not to mention a nice way to earn a bit of cash on the side.

Hey, you should do more stuff with this! You encouraged me to go out and do this to my own (old) router and surprisingly I got busybox access now I'm pretty confused as to what to do next! I think another tutorial for the next part would really help people. And thank you again so much for creating an interest I did not know I have had, I've always wanted to get in to hardware hacking and you were the first person that made me make the jump!

thank you! this was super fun to watch and a real "goldmine" of knowledge. i've wasted hours searching online about the basics of HW reversing ( i want to tweak some old gadgets at home) but nothing useful popped up until youtube finallly suggested your clips. finally i understand the basic knowledge i need to dive into, before trying to start my project

I do agree with "Vik" that you should continue with this kind of videos. Both are well done and highly informative. I also really like the approach on using "stuff you got around" like the piece of a can. As a former teacher i often experienced that people a far to much afraid of breaking things when you only need to be careful and thoughtful. Well done - keep it up !!!

I love this video! It's such an awesome, beginner friendly Introductory video - with loads of helpful background information! Thank you a lot!! 🙂

This is now one of my favorite security videos. Amazing really!

Such cool stuff. I’ve been so scared of hardware as I’ve been a software guy for so long. It’s neat to get my feet wet watching these and soon to play. Thx.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE GIVE US MORE VIDEOS! YOU ARE SUCH A NATURAL AT TEACHING! THANK YOU SO MUCH! I LEARNED MORE IN 5 MINUTES THAN I I HAVE IN THE LAST 3 MONTHS!

Simple and easy to follow video, inspires confidence in tinkering with such devices. Keep 'em coming!

I just found your videos and I hope there's more to come! I'm really interested in learning how these things tick and what I can do to them! Thanks for being an introductory step!

really enjoy your simplified yet intelligent explanations of things. this is a very rare skill to have, perhaps even rarer than your hardware hacking skills.

I'm sensing great things with your channel.

Good intro to UART for someone who has yet to do it. Also extra props for that multimeter! I inherited one, and despite being the usual chinesium, it's held up really well! I've accidentally put it through some stuff over the fuse limits and it still works. (Except for the LEDs on the battery tester. But not a terrible loss.)

With just Two videos two years apart... I can only give Big respect for the Gold Mines you shared.. More Please, and just keep it up..

Oh, I can't believe it! A new video! I'm so happy! The video is very straightforward. Thanks a lot

This is incredible. Treasure trove for someone only with minimal time to understand something complex as hardware.

Outstanding video! Congrats on a beautiful hands-on explanation of UART!

Good job! I really like seeing videos like these, especially communicating with hardware. Please make more videos!

Fantastic videos!! Please make some more, I would like to see working directly with the chip.

Wow Tony, I've watched thousands of video tutorials on various subjects, but you have a rare talent of relaying your teaching clearly and understandably , please, make more videos on this subject, I've learned more in your two videos then in 50 others with uhm/umms and no being straight up. Keep up the really great work!

I’ve been an all around tinkerer/computer enthusiast my entire life, to the point that I now work as a Sysadmin and cloud engineer, plus do PC building and small electronics on the side. I watch a lot of tech RU-vid and am always picking up new projects and skills, but this is….a whole new thing. I mean this sincerely - this video has opened an entire new world of possibility to me. What an absolutely expertly crafted tutorial, you provide just enough context and information without getting super bogged down in the details, while still answering most of the questions I come up with before I’ve even finished thinking them. Seriously impressed with this video, and your skill as a communicator. I hope it didn’t have a family, because good god have I smashed that subscribe button into oblivion. I look forward to more stuff like this from you, and digging into your back catalog. Gotdamb, this is SO friggin awesome, thank you for what you do. I’m still in a bit of shock at how many possibilities this has opened up in my mind. I’m going to have to dig in to your firmware dump video as well - something I definitely thought was way outside of my skillset, but now….maybe not! Cheers! 🍻

You have a gift in education, keep em coming man!!

Sad only two videos... you are awesome for sharing these nuggets of gold... Cheers!

I like your attitude throughout the the whole video, thanks for the content!

I literally watched your other video like a week ago, then I went to see if u had more and was bummed out that you only had one and was from 2 years ago. Now this one got posted :D

This just popped up in my feed, I wanted to let you know I enjoyed it. Hope you make more videos!

Great! I actually do the same guessing for baud rates when I connect the device with my RPi. It’s a fantastic process ❤

Awesome video! Actually seeing the process in real life/actually being applied, is great! I look forward to your videos!

Awesome, more videos like this please! Clear, and easy to follow for us beginners!

Your videos are so in depth, yet to the point.

Sweet video, I was excited to see all the activity the little guy puts out. Thanks. Great production.

Please! Keep making videos like this, super useful and comprehensive. Really nice work

This is a niche I cannot wait to follow along and learn with. I’ve been a software engineer for years, but never got too far into reversing hardware after my first FTE SWE job. Nice work; thanks!

The youtube alg is in your favor, did you reverse engineer that too? 😬😂

Tony, thanks for posting this - I enjoyed it very much. I'm not an engineer, but I've fiddled around with hardware since the 70's. I don't think there was any individual piece of information you shared that I didn't know, but you put it together so well it was inspiring. Please keep making these, and let me know if you want some free hardware to hack on - nothing amazing, but you won't beat the price of free "Basement Surplus"!

Wow this video is beautifully made. Got me hooked and I wanted to watch more! Please make more!

Fantastic video! Hope to see more!

Great video. This was fun and information packed. I like your commentary like "at the same time you're not disarming a nuke" lol. I got like 10-20% of it but I feel smarter and picked up quite a bit of new terminology. Subbed dude. Great work.

your commentary whilst cooking must be one of the best-unseen sites, hands down!

Wow! Amazing video. You made that seem so easy. Perfectly explained and perfect pacing. Thank you! This was a real eye opener for me. I have to try this out.

Really looking forward to more videos from you. You´re really great at this. They´re clear and direct. Top notch!

This is an excellent video Tony; your tip about FCC filing info is an outstanding trove of information for hardware hackers. Thanks for the video!

Hi, your video was recommended to me and I really liked to watch it Continue to make videos, you have a lot of interesting things to share and the way you explain is very educative. Thank you !

That was awesome. You are quite good at it… consider doing more!

Amazing videos, you make all this stuff so accessible. Gotta make some more of these bad boys

I love this

Oh my God I'm a computer engineer student from Brazil and was just looking for this kind of content to supplement my course that does not contain any reverse engineering subjects. Thank you so much.

Holy shit man, this one video just tied together a bunch of things that I already knew but didn't know applied to this. You just opened a whole new world of things for me to try. I never thought about all these cheapy electronic devices having open serial consoles just sitting there inside...

Just would like to echo a sentiment that has been expressed in the comments below. Please, do produce more tutorials!

wow you are an artist in talking man, I am amazed. just found your channel

I ask this for my future kids: please make more of these videos.

Really wish you had stuck with this. What an awesome video.

I find your two videos deeply interesting. I've been using the 930 series of cameras for years. This opens up alot of things. PLEASE make more! SUBBED.

Very cool video! Would love to see more of this series on your channel.

this is so rad! I'm pretty new to this kind of stuff still.. I feel like I've seen videos that show how to do similar things but none quite as friendly as this one. However, I don't think I've seen much, if any thing at all, about the kind of stuff you can actually do once you have this kind of access. I started learning about electronics mostly because I'm kinda poor and I wanted to be able to fix stuff when it breaks and make use of old stuff, you know, turn trash into treasure. I ended up getting into programming and software-type stuff as an extension of that. I guess what I'm really trying to say is that I'd love to see where you can go from here. It seems like the other tutorials I've seen get to about the same point then kind of assume you know what to do once you've established a connection. I've done it before and poked around but I really don't know what to look for! I assume the possibilities are very much a case-by-case scenario, but I'd love to see a video that helps bridge the gap for me! I'm hyped to see more videos from you! thank you so much for all the hard work!

Amazing video, you make it so simple and easy to understand

I'll probably never do this as I don't have the time, the need or the skills to do anything once I'm in! Fascinating to watch though - hope this guy keeps making videos about reversing engineering things :)

14.5k subs and 2 videos! There's a trend worth watching. Loved the video!

great job sir, extremely well done video, I'd watch more for sure

Been looking for this type of video before. Now subscribed. It's so interesting

You have got a very charismatic way of explaining things. Awesome video, thanks a lot :)

"we're not disarming a nuke", combined with some hours watched on louis rossman and the current ongoings in eastern Europe, and the algorithm does its work and here we are. great video, thanks :)

Your energy is the best

Really enjoyed the video. Looking forward to watching more