| ▲ | ssl-3 5 hours ago | |
The RP2350 is an inexpensive microcontroller IC with reasonable performance and some very useful (and somewhat unusual) features in its PIO blocks. Why wouldn't a person build that into the heart of something important? | ||
| ▲ | stackghost 4 hours ago | parent [-] | |
>Why wouldn't a person build that into the heart of something important? Because it's inexpensive and not designed to be tamper-resistant. If preventing this type of thing is your goal there are chips out there designed to break irrepairably if tampered with. | ||