Colin O'Flynn

I'm Colin O'Flynn — founder of NewAE Technology, starter of the ChipWhisperer project, co-author of the Hardware Hacking Handbook and author of Making it Small. More about me →

Embedded security, electronics & more — plus the wood-and-water side of the shop. Pick a rabbit hole:

Electronics & Security

Hardware Hacking Teardowns, glitching, side-channel — 24 posts

Electronics & Production SMD, pick-n-place, the book — 35 posts Circuit Cellar 82 columns Videos YouTube · 2 Research Pubs · teaching

Workshop — wood, water & steam

Woodworking New section · shop photo Boating New section · boat photo Danni — Steam Engine Build log · 1 post

Latest changes

17 Jul 26 Note updated Starting a notes section
11 May 25 Post Announcing my "Small Scale Electronics Production" Book
10 May 25 Page Small Scale Electronics: Making it Small (The Book!)
17 Mar 25 Post Modifying Welding Pedal for a Miller 6-Pin Connector (ArcCaptain Pedal)
15 Jan 25 Post My 2003 Low Cost SMD Soldering Guide
11 Dec 24 Post Fixing Ubiquiti Dream Machine (UDM) SE Hard Drive Not Detected Errors

8 Dec 24 Page All Blog Posts
14 Apr 24 Post Dumping Parallel NAND with Glasgow
7 Sep 23 Page ECED4406 - Computer Security
9 Jun 23 Post RECON 2023: Adventures of My Oven (Pinocchio) with ChipWhisperer
16 Mar 23 Post Intel LGA1700 (12th/13th gen, i9 3900k) Top Resistors/Capacitors
11 Feb 23 Post Danni Build - Feb 11/23
1 Apr 22 Post New England Hardware Security Day 2022 Talk
8 May 21 Post Apple AirTag Teardown & Test Point Mapping
17 Apr 21 Post Analog Discover Pro Teardown
28 Dec 20 Page Programmable Logic in Practice
26 Dec 20 Post Experimenting with Metastability and Multiple Clocks on FPGAs
8 Nov 20 Post BAM BAM!! On Reliability of EMFI for in-situ Automotive ECU Attacks
4 Aug 20 Post FPGA Board Design Tips
6 Apr 20 Post Square Terminal Teardown

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Need help with embedded security or hardware design?

I occasionally take on consulting — side-channel evaluation, secure hardware design review, fault-injection testing.

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