Your Pal Kal — hardware hacker, maker propagandist, ESP32 enjoyer

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Build it. Understand it. Share what you learn.
Boards, firmware and practical references from Your Pal Kal.

★ BWM TECHNICAL REFERENCE GUIDE ARSENAL TOOLCHAIN YOUTUBE TELEMETRY

> ./black-wire-guide --launch

Open the Black Wire Maker's Technical Reference Guide

The Black Wire Maker's Technical Reference Guide

Board pinouts, manufacturer source files and power data for ESP32, Arduino, Raspberry Pi, RP2040/RP2350, displays, sensors and maker modules.
Search by board, manufacturer or processor. Read the original diagrams, save references for offline use, and keep source and revision details close at hand.

▶ OPEN THE WEB APP READ THE WIKI Download the latest desktop release PINOUT COLLECTION

Black Wire board library: search, manufacturer and processor filters, original pinout previews, and the Power Desk

Makers · Educators · Students · Hobbyists · Engineers — source on GitHub

Use it in your browser, or download the Windows / Linux DEB desktop app. Reference coverage varies by board; original artwork keeps its own attribution and rights.

[whoami]
handle      = "Your Pal Kal"
role        = "Professional Pal"
base        = "Northern Virginia"
runs        = "Valleytech Custom Solutions"
crew        = "Black Wire Militia"
specialty   = ["ESP32 everything", "RF research", "offensive security hardware", "IoT pentesting"]
currently   = "designing boards, flashing firmware, filming the whole thing"
contact     = "collab@yourpalkal.com"

> ./dragon-detector --flash

Dragon Detector — a Dragon Radar-inspired Wi-Fi/BLE detector and custom image badge for M5Stack StopWatch C152, Waveshare AMOLED 1.75C, and Spotpear / Guition JC3636W518. Three radar themes, signature evidence, RSSI foxhunting, family audio alerts and a board-specific Badge Studio.

OPEN THE WEB FLASHER + BADGE STUDIO · Source and supported boards · Tested capabilities and limits

> ls ./arsenal

Pick a project, open the documentation, and make it yours.

Project What it does
🐾 Dash-Chan StackChan virtual pet, GPS wardriving and passive signal alerts — web flasher + Avatar Studio
🟢 Dragon Detector Pocket signal radar, RSSI foxhunting and custom image badges — web flasher
📱 HackerPhone Engineering firmware for the MakerPhone 2: phone services and Wi-Fi/BLE tools
🖥️ Q-Marauder Debian wireless field console for Arduino UNO Q
📡 CardConverter RF hotswap board for the M5Stack Cardputer ADV
🧩 PALPack GPIO / RF expansion board for the Cardputer ADV — XIAO ESP32-C5 + GPS
🐦‍⬛ Flock-Noir IR Flock camera detector + wardriver with GPS logging — web flasher
🚨 Skid-Detector Blue-team nightlight — ESP32 mood light that snitches on network skids
📌 black-wire-pinouts Pinout database for ESP32, Arduino and Raspberry Pi

> cat ./toolchain

ESP32 Arduino PlatformIO C/C++ Python CircuitPython KiCad Raspberry Pi Flipper Zero Kali Linux Wireshark SDR JLCPCB

> tail -f ./youtube.log

Build logs, board experiments and the things I discover along the way. New uploads appear here automatically.

➜ More on the channel

> ./telemetry --snapshot

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If something here helped you build, learn or fix something, that is the point.

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