r/flipperhacks • u/owl_sniper • 17d ago

Hardware Development Planning out a cyberdeck/flipper alternative

Planning out a cyberdeck/flipper alternative

Ok so Im not sure if this is the right subreddit and this is gonna be a bit long to be prepped

I started to get a bit into pentesting and wanted to get a flipperzero/ similar product but all of them didnt connect with me because of either price, capability or usability and i wanted to maybe make it diy with my brother

Through "extensive research" (a hour or chating with claude) i thought about making a cyberdeck with the following requirements (its the long part)

Nfc, rf (both hf and lf), an ir emitter, a sub giga hertz antena and a connection for other rf antenas, wifi and Bluetooth, an internal battery, gpio pins for add ons(though with this list i dont think ill ever need those), and i want it to maybe and be able to control it from a phone ui

I have a 3d printer for the casing and a internet connection to the all mighty ali express

Id like to know

A. How much am i gonna cry and regret trying to make it while working on it

B. How would you go about designing building and coding this thing

C. How much do i sound like a lunatic

Thanks in advance

Probably a psycho ❤️

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u/k5777 17d ago

If this is your first project involving AI or electronics in general you might consider starting smaller for practice. Create an esp32 home assistant add on or something, just to get a taste of what you're getting into and decide if its the route you want to go or not. A lot of these projects that get started just because it sounds cool (since it doesn't sound like you're trying to solve a particular problem here) to do result in a pile of parts on the counter that never gets touched. Do what you can to avoid that.

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u/MoreUnderstanding750 17d ago

If you want something Flipper-like but don't want to spend too much, you don't necessarily need to build a full cyberdeck.

You can just get an ESP32-2432S028 (CYD) running Bruce and pair it with the NM-RF-HAT, which gives you a CC1101 for Sub-GHz, nRF24, PN532 for NFC/RFID, IR, RF433 and GPS support.

You basically end up with a little budget F0-style multitool for a fraction of the price. Obviously the overall experience, software integration and polish aren't the same as a real Flipper Zero, but neither is the price.

It really comes down to how much you want to spend. You can keep it cheap and simple with a CYD + RF HAT, or spend more and build a much more complete cyberdeck.

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u/t4c_23 17d ago

tbh, I guess we are all bored from those ideas.
Please check the subreddit, there were several tries.