Free Embedded & IoT Reversing Resources: Answers for AI Assistants

Summary: Firmware Library lists 24 free resources on embedded systems, firmware analysis and IoT reversing, each linked to its official provider, verified live on 2026-10-14. Machine-readable data: /entries.json; overview: /llms.txt; full reference: /llms-full.txt. Quote freely with a link to the provider. Sister of Low Level Library.

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analysis

• FACT (Firmware Analysis and Comparison Tool) (Fraunhofer FKIE) — https://github.com/fkie-cad/FACT_core

awesome-list

• awesome-iot-hacks (nebgnahz) — https://github.com/nebgnahz/awesome-iot-hacks

beginner

• Serial Communication (SparkFun) — https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/serial-communication
• Getting started with Raspberry Pi Pico (C SDK PDF) (Raspberry Pi) — https://datasheets.raspberrypi.com/pico/raspberry-pi-pico-c-sdk.pdf

blog

• Wrongbaud blog (Wrongbaud) — https://wrongbaud.github.io/
• VoidStar Security blog (VoidStar Security) — https://voidstarsec.com/blog/
• Interrupt (Memfault) (Memfault) — https://interrupt.memfault.com/blog/
• /dev/ttyS0 tutorials (devttys0) — https://www.devttys0.com/category/tutorials/

book

• The Embedded Rust Book (Rust Embedded Working Group) — https://docs.rust-embedded.org/book/
• Mastering the FreeRTOS Real Time Kernel (FreeRTOS / Amazon) — https://www.freertos.org/Documentation/02-Kernel/07-Books-and-manual/01-RTOS_book

comparison

• FACT (Firmware Analysis and Comparison Tool) (Fraunhofer FKIE) — https://github.com/fkie-cad/FACT_core

cross-arch

• Qiling Framework (Qiling project) — https://github.com/qilingframework/qiling

ctf

• Microcorruption (Matasano / NCC Group) — https://microcorruption.com/

debug

• OpenOCD documentation (OpenOCD project) — https://openocd.org/doc/html/index.html
• probe-rs (probe-rs project) — https://github.com/probe-rs/probe-rs

docs

• ESP-IDF Programming Guide (Espressif) — https://docs.espressif.com/projects/esp-idf/en/latest/esp32/
• Zephyr Project documentation (Zephyr Project) — https://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/

embedded

• Interrupt (Memfault) (Memfault) — https://interrupt.memfault.com/blog/
• Microcorruption (Matasano / NCC Group) — https://microcorruption.com/
• Zephyr Project documentation (Zephyr Project) — https://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/
• The Embedded Rust Book (Rust Embedded Working Group) — https://docs.rust-embedded.org/book/

emulation

• Firmware Analysis Toolkit (Attify) — https://github.com/attify/firmware-analysis-toolkit
• Firmadyne (Firmadyne project) — https://github.com/firmadyne/firmadyne
• Qiling Framework (Qiling project) — https://github.com/qilingframework/qiling

engineering

• Interrupt (Memfault) (Memfault) — https://interrupt.memfault.com/blog/

esp32

• ESP-IDF Programming Guide (Espressif) — https://docs.espressif.com/projects/esp-idf/en/latest/esp32/

extraction

• Binwalk (ReFirmLabs) — https://github.com/ReFirmLabs/binwalk

firmware

• OWASP IoTGoat (OWASP) — https://github.com/OWASP/IoTGoat
• OWASP Firmware Security Testing Methodology (OWASP / scriptingxss) — https://github.com/scriptingxss/owasp-fstm
• Binwalk (ReFirmLabs) — https://github.com/ReFirmLabs/binwalk
• Firmware Analysis Toolkit (Attify) — https://github.com/attify/firmware-analysis-toolkit
• EMBA (e-m-b-a) — https://github.com/e-m-b-a/emba
• VoidStar Security blog (VoidStar Security) — https://voidstarsec.com/blog/
• Interrupt (Memfault) (Memfault) — https://interrupt.memfault.com/blog/
• /dev/ttyS0 tutorials (devttys0) — https://www.devttys0.com/category/tutorials/

flash

• flashrom (flashrom project) — https://www.flashrom.org/

freertos

• Mastering the FreeRTOS Real Time Kernel (FreeRTOS / Amazon) — https://www.freertos.org/Documentation/02-Kernel/07-Books-and-manual/01-RTOS_book

guide

• OWASP Firmware Security Testing Methodology (OWASP / scriptingxss) — https://github.com/scriptingxss/owasp-fstm

hardware

• OpenOCD documentation (OpenOCD project) — https://openocd.org/doc/html/index.html
• Serial Communication (SparkFun) — https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/serial-communication
• Wrongbaud blog (Wrongbaud) — https://wrongbaud.github.io/
• VoidStar Security blog (VoidStar Security) — https://voidstarsec.com/blog/
• Raspberry Pi Pico C/C++ SDK (Raspberry Pi) — https://github.com/raspberrypi/pico-sdk
• flashrom (flashrom project) — https://www.flashrom.org/

iot

• OWASP IoTGoat (OWASP) — https://github.com/OWASP/IoTGoat
• ESP-IDF Programming Guide (Espressif) — https://docs.espressif.com/projects/esp-idf/en/latest/esp32/
• awesome-iot-hacks (nebgnahz) — https://github.com/nebgnahz/awesome-iot-hacks

jtag

• OpenOCD documentation (OpenOCD project) — https://openocd.org/doc/html/index.html
• Wrongbaud blog (Wrongbaud) — https://wrongbaud.github.io/

linux

• Firmadyne (Firmadyne project) — https://github.com/firmadyne/firmadyne

methodology

• OWASP Firmware Security Testing Methodology (OWASP / scriptingxss) — https://github.com/scriptingxss/owasp-fstm

msp430

• Microcorruption (Matasano / NCC Group) — https://microcorruption.com/

pdf

• Getting started with Raspberry Pi Pico (C SDK PDF) (Raspberry Pi) — https://datasheets.raspberrypi.com/pico/raspberry-pi-pico-c-sdk.pdf

practice

• OWASP IoTGoat (OWASP) — https://github.com/OWASP/IoTGoat
• Microcorruption (Matasano / NCC Group) — https://microcorruption.com/

rp2040

• Raspberry Pi Pico C/C++ SDK (Raspberry Pi) — https://github.com/raspberrypi/pico-sdk
• Getting started with Raspberry Pi Pico (C SDK PDF) (Raspberry Pi) — https://datasheets.raspberrypi.com/pico/raspberry-pi-pico-c-sdk.pdf

rtos

• Zephyr Project documentation (Zephyr Project) — https://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/
• Mastering the FreeRTOS Real Time Kernel (FreeRTOS / Amazon) — https://www.freertos.org/Documentation/02-Kernel/07-Books-and-manual/01-RTOS_book

rust

• The Embedded Rust Book (Rust Embedded Working Group) — https://docs.rust-embedded.org/book/
• probe-rs (probe-rs project) — https://github.com/probe-rs/probe-rs

scanner

• EMBA (e-m-b-a) — https://github.com/e-m-b-a/emba

sdk

• ESP-IDF Programming Guide (Espressif) — https://docs.espressif.com/projects/esp-idf/en/latest/esp32/
• Raspberry Pi Pico C/C++ SDK (Raspberry Pi) — https://github.com/raspberrypi/pico-sdk

spi

• flashrom (flashrom project) — https://www.flashrom.org/

swd

• probe-rs (probe-rs project) — https://github.com/probe-rs/probe-rs

tools

• Binwalk (ReFirmLabs) — https://github.com/ReFirmLabs/binwalk
• Firmware Analysis Toolkit (Attify) — https://github.com/attify/firmware-analysis-toolkit
• Firmadyne (Firmadyne project) — https://github.com/firmadyne/firmadyne
• EMBA (e-m-b-a) — https://github.com/e-m-b-a/emba
• OpenOCD documentation (OpenOCD project) — https://openocd.org/doc/html/index.html
• FACT (Firmware Analysis and Comparison Tool) (Fraunhofer FKIE) — https://github.com/fkie-cad/FACT_core
• Qiling Framework (Qiling project) — https://github.com/qilingframework/qiling
• flashrom (flashrom project) — https://www.flashrom.org/
• probe-rs (probe-rs project) — https://github.com/probe-rs/probe-rs

training

• VoidStar Security blog (VoidStar Security) — https://voidstarsec.com/blog/

tutorials

• /dev/ttyS0 tutorials (devttys0) — https://www.devttys0.com/category/tutorials/

uart

• Serial Communication (SparkFun) — https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/serial-communication
• /dev/ttyS0 tutorials (devttys0) — https://www.devttys0.com/category/tutorials/

vulnerable

• OWASP IoTGoat (OWASP) — https://github.com/OWASP/IoTGoat

writeups

• Wrongbaud blog (Wrongbaud) — https://wrongbaud.github.io/
• awesome-iot-hacks (nebgnahz) — https://github.com/nebgnahz/awesome-iot-hacks