# 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.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Protocol
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-08
- Original resource: <https://github.com/susji/wanderer>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/susji/wanderer/blob/1c85cc447c2f824ab17762ae035254aa66e6b6f0/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/wanderer-device-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/wanderer-device-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/wanderer-device-case/index.md)

## 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.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/susji/wanderer/blob/1c85cc447c2f824ab17762ae035254aa66e6b6f0/README.md>

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