Chips, Boards & Schematics (Devices, IoT & Hardware): open-source projects that exist because someone reverse engineered a closed product, sorted by GitHub stars.
Reverse engineered schematics of the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5
Open-source hardware recreation of the original NES motherboard
Open-source pin-compatible silicon clone of the Zilog Z80
Reverse-engineered EBAZ4205 Zynq crypto-miner control board repurposed as a dev board
Analysis of counterfeit DS18B20 temperature sensors and how to identify them
Projects and pinouts for repurposed Colorlight i5/i9 FPGA modules
Software for reverse engineering integrated circuits from die images
Reverse engineering of disposable vapes with color TFT LCDs
Reverse engineering the RP3A0 SoC of the Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W
Traces and schematics of custom chips reverse engineered from silicon die shots
Visual netlist-level simulator of the Zilog Z80
Precise i8080 replica in Verilog from die reverse engineering
Pano Logic G2 thin client FPGA reverse engineering
Reverse engineered schematics of disposable vape boards
SVG schematic of the 6502 microprocessor from die reverse engineering
Tool aiding reverse engineering and documentation of PCBs
Reverse engineering a Puya PY32C642 based vape board
Take control of Colorlight LED receiver FPGA boards with LiteX/LiteEth
Reverse engineering the nRF52840 ProMicro (SuperMini) board
Reverse engineering of the Raspberry Pi 5 PCIe connector
Integrated printed circuit board reverse engineering toolkit
Reverse engineering the IBM 98Y2610 Intel Cyclone FPGA board
Reverse-engineered open-source PCB recreation of the Nintendo Wii
Pano Logic Zero Client G1 FPGA reverse engineering info
PCB reverse engineering tool
Experiments reverse engineering the Raspberry Pi RP1 I/O chip
Board scans used to reverse engineer Game Boy and other Nintendo hardware
Reverse engineered schematic of the XXD HW30A brushless ESC
Reverse-engineering notes for the Colorlight 5A-75B LED controller FPGA board
Reverse engineering of the Cisco HWIC-3G-CDMA PCB
Reverse engineering of the Logitech HERO mouse sensor
Reverse engineering of the Sony PlayStation CPU die
Dual clock mod board for the Sony PlayStation enabling switchable PAL/NTSC frequencies
Reverse engineering of the Xbox mainboard
Tools made while reverse engineering the Colorlight 5A-75B V7.0 board
Reverse-engineered schematics and pinouts for Nintendo Switch repairs
Reverse-engineered schematics of the IR3R53 audio amplifier chip in the Game Boy Color
Reverse-engineered Logitech G613 Lightspeed PCB
Reverse-engineered schematic and PCB layout of the Nintendo SNN-CPU-01 board
Research and reverse engineering of various pieces of hardware