Edge Connector Breakout Boards

Edge Connector Breakout Boards

The goal was simple: For the past year or so, I’ve been poking at my car’s head unit in my free time. This has now escalated to the point where I have two or three of the head units…

They use a 1mm-pitch edge connector for debugging and development access, and I didn’t want to solder wires directly to the pins in an irreversible way. As such, I created a breakout board!

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Bulk Shared Library Collecting for Ghidra

Bulk Shared Library Collecting for Ghidra

The device I’m currently working with has over five hundred shared libraries, all spread out across random folders within the filesystem. Bleh!

This is a common issue I’ve run into when working with embedded systems. You want to import an arbitrary binary into Ghidra, but first you have to spend 10 minutes tracking down where all of it’s shared libraries are located! A major pain.

But have no fear, a one-liner is here! (every Linux graybeard’s favorite saying)

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