I'm a software engineer, photographer, and hacker from North Carolina. Most of my work involves reverse-engineering firmware, protocols, and embedded systems, but I've also done some desktop/android/web development.

Projects

Since 2023 I'm been working for FUTO on the FUBS project doing from-scratch OS bringup for RK3399 and RK3588 SBCs.

Skills

• Experience

  • Firmware hacking and patching
  • From-scratch firmware bringup for Rockchip boards
  • Reversing USB and TCP based protocols
  • Writing cross-platform code for Linux/Mac/Windows/Android/iOS
  • Creating cross-compiling build systems

• Contributions

  • Magic Lantern
  • libui
  • webview
  • webui
  • edk2-rk3588

• Write-ups

  • Fudge 1 year
  • Fujihack 2 years
  • Fujihack 1 year
  • Fujifilm firmware hacking
  • What is PTP?

• Hobbies

  • Imaging, cameras, and photography
  • Working on cars, trucks, and small engines
  • Astronomy, physics, and amateur astrophotography

Smaller Projects

• WPD (Windows portable devices) wrapper
• Linux DSLR webcam daemon
• Fujifilm profile file parser
• Ambarella camera hacks
• Hobby interpreter
• General purpose 5x7 font (and 3x3)
• Very small JSON parser

Contact

• Email: brikbusters@gmail.com
• Discord: petabyte#2948

Other

• Home server
• ProtonDB
• Youtube Music
• clutchlink.com

Copyright (C) 2016-2025, Daniel Cook
Source code for this site: https://github.com/petabyt/petabyt.github.io
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