EEVblog 1784 - Claude Code Reverse Engineer 121GW Firmware SUCCESS!
Claude Code reverse engineered the entire 12GW firmware into C with a single prompt in under 24 hours, and it works! The field of software engineering has changed completely.
00:00 - Claude vs Claude Code, there is a difference!
02:39 - Hacking a 121GW multimeter for use with the ST-LINK V2 programmer
08:48 - Be in awe at my Prompt Engineering skillz
11:50 - Installing GCC + Ghidra
14:47 - Reverse Engineering the Bootloader is DONE!
16:21 - Start on the Firmware now
19:39 - Next morning the firmware is COMPLETE!
23:14 - Testing Zombu4's RE version
24:23 - Can Claude program the new firmware directly?
26:39 - Conspiracy theory time...
27:07 - Why is it this painful?
29:20 - Let the HUMAN test it!
30:10 - Testing on the real hardware! + Source code
32:29 - Downloading the Binary the old fashioned way
33:54 - Does Bluetooth still work?
36:57 - Conclusion: Software Engineering is so OVER
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Zombu4's version in assembler: t.co/kIVe4Tt8Uy
Forum: t.co/jx93uXirXQ
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Claude Code reverse-engineered a multimeter firmware into C overnight
Dave Jones of EEVblog gave Claude Code a single prompt, and it reverse-engineered the 121GW multimeter firmware into C in under 24 hours. The resulting firmware compiles, flashes, and runs on the real hardware; source is on GitHub.
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- Claude Code, GCC, Ghidra
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- Electronics YouTuber, EEVblog
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- github.com/EEVblog/121GW-Multimeter-Fi…
github.com/zombu4/121GW-Open-Firmware
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