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user d9530c99dd docs: Reorganize roadmap and TODO for passive sensing & multi-sensor phases
- Mark completed items in TODO
- Add v1.1 Passive Sensing & Multi-Sensor phase (probe capture,
  deauth detection, sensor ID, multi-sensor BLE correlation, alerting)
- Add v1.2 Profiling & Power Management phase
- Move on-device CSI processing to Future (lower priority)
- Add OSINT/purple team ideas (fingerprinting, triangulation, presence logging)
2026-02-04 18:03:31 +01:00

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ESP32 Hacking TODO

Firmware Features

  • UDP command listener (reboot, identify, status, rate, power)
  • LED status indicator
  • OTA firmware updates
  • Adaptive sampling rate
  • BLE scanning
  • mDNS auto-discovery
  • On-device wander calculation
  • Configurable target IP/port via command (TARGET)
  • PROFILE command (heap, stack, CPU stats)
  • Chip temperature reporting
  • Sensor ID in data packets (hostname prefix on CSI_DATA/BLE_DATA)
  • WiFi probe request capture (PROBE_DATA via promiscuous mode)
  • Deauth/disassoc frame detection (alert on WiFi attacks)
  • On-device CSI processing (send metrics, not raw)

Tools

  • esp-cmd CLI tool to send commands to sensors
  • esp-fleet parallel fleet management
  • esp-ota OTA firmware update orchestration
  • esp-ctl unified CLI (cmd, status, listen, serial, ble, target, profile)
  • Multi-sensor BLE correlation (tag by source sensor, zone tracking)
  • BLE alerting (known device list, alert on unknown MACs)
  • BLE dwell time tracking (loitering detection)
  • Event logging (timestamped CSV from all streams)
  • Sensor discovery script (find all ESP32s on network via mDNS)

Testing

  • Benchmark: CSI callback latency
  • Benchmark: UDP throughput at different rates
  • Test: BLE + WiFi coexistence impact on CSI
  • Power consumption measurements (per-mode: idle, CSI, BLE, probe)

Documentation

  • Pin mapping for ESP32-DevKitC V1
  • Memory usage analysis (PROFILE command)
  • Compare CSI quality: passive (router) vs active (ESP-NOW)
  • Multi-sensor deployment guide (placement, zones, triangulation)

Ideas

  • ESP-NOW mesh for direct ESP32-to-ESP32 CSI
  • External PIR sensor for CSI ground truth validation
  • Battery + deep sleep mode for portable deployment
  • AP+STA config portal (captive portal for initial setup)
  • Multi-channel scanning (hop across WiFi channels)
  • RSSI triangulation with 3 sensors (approximate device location)
  • BLE device fingerprinting (identify phone models by advertisement patterns)
  • Historical presence logging (who was here, when, how long)