Scene developer Zecoxao might be known for their contributions to the PlayStation hacking world, but this time around, they've got something major for the Nintendo scene. The longtime scener teased the existence of what they claim to be a $3 modchip for the Nintendo Switch, and which is said to work with Mariko and OLED systems, though not patched Erista consoles. A teaser video was also uploaded, where the modchip itself was revealed to be a Raspberry Pi--specifically, a RP2040 Zero unit, soldered into the Switch board, demonstrating Hekate launching on an OLED unit.

Given the tease of "coming soon", we can expect to see more details about the exploit eventually.

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[Adran_Marit]

What's the chance that this actually comes out instead of Zecoxao getting a threatening letter from Nintendo and cancelling the project?

A race against time. But note zecoxao has been said not to be the original developer

he's a tester so it's out there already

I've not seen it posted anywhere that he was a tester before this

So glad I got two of them

I've got 2.5 personally

 

[icantfly]

sorry i'm dumb

 

[Adran_Marit]

sorry i'm dumb

I'm not saying that, I'm Just saying that's the first time I've seen that info

 

[Chonay]

:

 

[RealYoti]

@Chonay and how this PS3 picture related to the topic?

 

[Chonay]

@Chonay and how this PS3 picture related to the topic?

Holy crap, well, mine was screwed up hahaha, it's like the one who uploaded it had the same titles when I mentioned the economic hwfly and also with this image and well, the module that you have there has an rp2040, it's not the zero, It's a pi, but well, I thought it was the same, and I didn't put much thought into it when I saw what it had, but now, well, I already managed to notice that it's a ps

 

[thesjaakspoiler]

Considering all modchips so far required an fpga, not even a microcontroller is fast enough it seems.

The RaspberryPi has a DMA controller and that can potentially be used to quickly inject data over a GPIO port, synced on the clock of the Switch.
That is all the FPGA is doing.

 

[Adran_Marit]

The RaspberryPi has a DMA controller and that can potentially be used to quickly inject data over a GPIO port, synced on the clock of the Switch.
That is all the FPGA is doing.

What about memory training and such?

 

[superxoi]

What's the chance that this actually comes out instead of Zecoxao getting a threatening letter from Nintendo and cancelling the project?

he is (zecoxao) not the one who would get a threatening letter from nintendo , the author of this modchip is.

 

[Adran_Marit]

he is (zecoxao) not the one who would get a threatening letter from nintendo , the author of this modchip is.

Sooo Raspberry Pi? considering it uses a rp2040 chip?

 

[bbsan2k]

It all depends on how the software is setup. If it is (like spacecraft) only some kind of injection mechanism, there’s nothing that can be illegal about it. Of course Ninty won’t be happy, but it is what it is;-)

 

[FruithatMods]

We are looking forward to all fruits and berries!

 

[Jefix]

Damn, with each passing day I feel more and more like this project will never be released. Release would have been a great New Year's present.

 

[ghjfdtg]

The RaspberryPi has a DMA controller and that can potentially be used to quickly inject data over a GPIO port, synced on the clock of the Switch.
That is all the FPGA is doing.

The FPGA is used for very precise glitching. Timing is extremely important and most microcontrollers are not fast enough for generating pulses with nanosecond timing. PIO on the RP2040 MCU makes this kinda timing possible and repeatable with a few limitations where FPGAs still got an edge.

 

[swutch]

Yes would be a nice christmas or new year present.
Even if the dev decides against a release.
The info is out there and sooner or later someone will release software for it.

 

[Adran_Marit]

Damn, with each passing day I feel more and more like this project will never be released. Release would have been a great New Year's present.

I mean I guess it depends how far in along development it was

Yes would be a nice christmas or new year present.
Even if the dev decides against a release.
The info is out there and sooner or later someone will release software for it.

It would be a nice present but I've been around long enough to projects die in this stage. Looking at the dragoninjector and the like.

 

[swutch]

I mean I guess it depends how far in along development it was


It would be a nice present but I've been around long enough to projects die in this stage. Looking at the dragoninjector and the like.

Dragoninjector was an easy target for nintendo. But they can't suppress the production of RP2040-Zero Chips.
The right software is just a matter of time.

 

[Adran_Marit]

Dragoninjector was an easy target for nintendo. But they can't suppress the production of RP2040-Zero Chips.
The right software is just a matter of time.

Not if they CD the dev before the software releases. My point is I've seen projects die in this stage before

 

[Duo8]

It's been less than 10 days and people are already losing hope lol.

 

[Adran_Marit]

It's been less than 10 days and people are already losing hope lol.

I'm hopeful that it will release but the realist in me know better than to get too hopeful lol