Case study

Wanderer: rebuilding sensor control over a reverse-engineered serial link

Wanderer implements control software and a data plotter for an Elektrobit/Extrabit portable sensor device from around 1991. The author says the unit they examined measures ambient temperature and vibration, and reports reversing its serial protocol and reimplementing parts of the original Windows control software in Python.

Targets: Protocol
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 1
Last commit: 2022-11-03
Language: Python
License (GitHub): GPL-3.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Observed: Code and documentation observed; no download method or demo found.
Checked: 2026-11-08

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: A Wanderer device and an RS232 connection are required.
Testing evidence: The author reports success only on Windows 10 with a motherboard RS232 port; USB–RS232 adapters and Linux did not work in their attempts.
License: GPL-3.0.

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BibTeX

@misc{wanderer-device-case,
  title = {{Wanderer: rebuilding sensor control over a reverse-engineered serial link}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/susji/wanderer}},
  url = {https://github.com/susji/wanderer},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/wanderer-device-case/}}
}

Plain text

Wanderer: rebuilding sensor control over a reverse-engineered serial link. https://github.com/susji/wanderer (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/wanderer-device-case/

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README.md GitHub · susji/wanderer · Revision 1c85cc4