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#442 – An Interview with Travis Goodspeed
Welcome, Travis Goodspeed!
- Chris and Travis first met at after ESC Chicago in 2010.
- TI Developer conference 2008 got into msp430
- Chronos watch, had an “open source” design, much of the info was missing.
- The GoodWatch project has an RPN calculator, assembler , disassembler, radio onboard
- The chipcon430 was targeted at electric power meters
- POCSAG
- dapnet
- IM ME
- P25 PTT
- Travis wrote a jammer for P25
- Why special agent johnny still can’t encrypt
- Sandy Clark
- IM ME uses the same radio core
- P25 is 4FSK
- DMR
- The MD380 is a digital mode HT radio (larger than a baofeng) for HAMs that costs about $90
- MD380 tools on github
- “As soon as open tools catch up, I jump ship to them”
- The GoodFET project was built upon a similar msp430 Flash Emulation Tool
- Mask ROM bootloader in msp430
- Mike Ossmann wanted to redesign and paid Travis $5 for the files. This became the GreatFET.
- Goodwatch also has python env
- Travis got into ham radio at SkydogCon
- Old tv newsvan
- Facedancer project, now run by Kate Tempkin
- Initially was for testing usb vulnerabilities
- Time of check to time of use check
- Kate attacks the Nintendo switch
- Studebaker
- Vapor lock
- Knoxville
- Recon Montreal
- Camp++
- Follow Travis on Twitter @travisgoodspeed
- Do you know anyone at TI? Please have them reach out to Travis about the TI conference and how to bring it back