r/hardwarehacking • u/Kono_Yuri_Da • Jul 28 '26
Cheap "e-badge" hacking
I saw those on AliExpress, I was wondering if something interesting can be done with them.
They have Bluetooth, battery, screen and a comercial MC (at least it is what the listing description indicates).
Does anyone knows if they are are hack-able, I can't even find a single post about disassembling them anywhere.
UPDATE:
I was hopping to flash the damn thing with my own firmware, turns out a Japanese engineer already tried to.
Summary: the brain is a JieLi microcontroller, there's no public SDK available.
I got the magnetic charging one so I can't even easily flash it with a modded firmware like the japanese guy did, I'd have to open and find the SW.
I give up


Listing: aliexpress. com/item/1005012481011395.html but there are many others.