<p>i now own an ebike :3</p><p>i&#39;m physically disabled and both walking _and_ using UK public transit is hard, for various reasons; while expensive this is a much wanted improvement in mobility</p><p>the degree of assist provided by the shimano e5000 drivetrain is actually right on the edge of the level of exertion i can sustainably afford, so i was worried for a while that i couldn&#39;t use it after all, but i think it works in the end; i need additional skill and a lot more care in riding though.</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@whitequark" class="u-url mention">@<span>whitequark</span></a></span> My understanding is that the Bosch stuff is similar. Renesas seems like a likely culprit based on their product lines.</p><p>Looking forward to somebody doing an open one.</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@cliffle" class="u-url mention">@<span>cliffle</span></a></span> I&#39;ve all but given up reversing them, the whole system seems like a Renesas fever dream, the most recent version of the PC app comes with multiple layers of custom obfuscation (in dotnet!) so just to dump the assemblies I&#39;d probably need something like memprocfs, the bus is custom, the programming dongle has an MCU inside too and costs $200 with no cheaper alternatives, it is basically built like automotive software/firmware (derogatory)</p>

<p>i have so many half-baked website ideas floating around in my head but my biggest problem is finishing things :cwy:</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@alavie" class="u-url mention">@<span>alavie</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.restless.systems/@elena" class="u-url mention">@<span>elena</span></a></span> unfortunately not :(</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@whitequark" class="u-url mention">@<span>whitequark</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.restless.systems/@elena" class="u-url mention">@<span>elena</span></a></span> <br />this probably sounds more callous than intended, but do they come in cute colors too? (i.e. black or purple)</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@whitequark" class="u-url mention">@<span>whitequark</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.restless.systems/@elena" class="u-url mention">@<span>elena</span></a></span> I&#39;m a 3M gal myself but ye</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@whitequark" class="u-url mention">@<span>whitequark</span></a></span> Interesting. The closed nature of ebike equipment bugs me, so I&#39;ll be curious to see if you learn anything more about the mystery micro.</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@cliffle" class="u-url mention">@<span>cliffle</span></a></span> oh yeah us too, but this particular set of micros (from Shimano e-bike drivetrain and peripherals, if you&#39;re curious) were particularly inscrutable, and we found no match. we still found no match after going through the biggest SVD databases, so it didn&#39;t help, even if it worked well when testing on the STM32F103 firmware from a TS101</p>