(Ab)using Google's Chromium EC for your own projects [pdf] (opens in new tab)

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46 pointsplatinum19y ago5 comments

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I can't say I understand any of this, but I like seeing this type of deep technical content on HN.

Wikipedia says that Embedded Controllers [1] are microcontrollers (like an Arduino!) that control everything the OS doesn't. It looks like these slides describe how to program said microcontrollers.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embedded_controller

sparky_9y ago

What would be the advantage of frankensteining something together using this board as opposed to something like Arduino or Rasp Pi?

xemdetia9y ago

I do not think this slide deck is really trying to get you to try to frankenstein something out of the board but more that there is a well established microcontroller they are using in the chromebook with a well-developed software platform to run on it. If anything the 'franken' part just comes from using the Chromium OS code and less the actually common microcontrollers.

rasz_pl9y ago

Blinking leds is one thing, hiding encryption store is another.

Remember a story of GCHQ going over Guardians Macbook with a dremel and destroying every single chip capale of storing bits?

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