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We Built POOM: A Pocket-Sized Multitool for Wi-Fi 5 GHz, BLE, Zigbee & NFC

Hi everyone 👋
We’re a small team of hardware tinkerers and embedded devs, and over the last months we’ve been building POOM — a pocket-sized, open-source multitool designed for wireless experimentation, security research, and playful hacking.

Hardware Specs:

ESP32-C5 (dual-core, Wi-Fi 6, BLE 5)
Multi-radio: 2.4/5GHz Wi-Fi (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax), BLE, Zigbee, Thread, Matter
NFC/HF-RFID (13.56MHz) for physical security testing
Built-in display for field operations
Wallet-sized form factor

Pentesting Capabilities:

  • PCAP/PCAPNG export → direct Wireshark integration

  • Deauth and connectivity resilience testing (authorized networks)

  • BLE advertiser simulation for beacon vulnerability assessment

  • Rogue AP detection (duplicate SSIDs, encryption mismatches, anomalous beacons)

  • Forensic logging with SHA-256 hashes and UTC timestamps

  • Evil Twin and Captive Portals

SDK & Tooling:

  • Open-source
  • FastAPI integration for webhook-based automation
  • MQTT client for IoT network testing
  • OTA firmware updates
  • DFU over USB
  • Embedded web server for wireless configuration

We been feature on articles from Hackster.io, highlight POOM in the context of the security and maker communities:

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