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Reverse engineering biomedical
equipment for fun and open science
Charles Fracchia & Joel Dapello
BioBright
DEFCON BioHacking Village - Aug 6 2016
What to expect from this talk
1. What is a biolab & its equipment
2. How we reverse engineered two pieces of equipment
3. Call to arms: how YOU can help
The Bio Lab
The Bio Lab
“This is my [pipette]. There are many like it, but this one is mine.”
- Rifleman’s Creed, adapted by Prof. John Castorino
What should have happened
≠
What actually happened
But Wait!
Reverse engineering a pipette
What is a pipette?
The equivalent of the computer
mouse for biological research
Single-channel Multi-channel
How does a pipette work?
Electronic pipettes
Toys
Logic analyzerOscilloscope
Step 1: choose target carefully
Criteria:
● Easy to obtain
● Made by a leading brand (aka trusted)
● Elegant hack:
○ One that could be used by anyone
○ No irreversible modifications
Step 1: choose target carefully
Mettler Toledo / Rainin EDP3 Plus
✔ Purchasable on eBay
● around $50
? Remote control
● mentioned on product sheet, but no details
Step 2: hunt for more documentation
Step 2: hunt for more documentation
Step 2: REMOTE CONTROL !!!
But... Heu, can I
haz remote
control
softwarez
plz?
No.
Discontinued
product...
Heu, can I
haz remote
control
softwarez
plz?
“I think I
have one in
a secret
stash in the
factory”
Step 3: find an engineer
Step 4: find remote control port
Oh hi there :)
Step 4: figure out pinout
Step 4: figure out pinout
Try pressing a button while sniffing
but nothing...
Step 4: figure out pinout
How about using the software?
Success! Here’s the FW version: 1.5
Step 4: figure out pinout
We have a pinout
Step 5: make it easy for others to use
This hack enables actual remote control
Use the simple board to relay messages via XBee
You can even use encryption on the XBee link
Step 6: document the comms
Other machines?
Reverse engineering a -80ºC freezer
Step 1: find documentation
Step 1: find documentation
But...
Hmm, more details please?
Step 2: collect samples from the RS-232 port
Sending random characters through the port yields interesting behavior
● “N” → Dumps NVRAM
● “T” → Temperature packet
Step 3: reverse temperature encoding
Increase the temperature by known amounts and collect the temperature bytes
Still a bit cryptic, until...
Step 3: reverse temperature encoding
This is very likely to be linear !
Calculate the slope: m = ( 20221 - 20608 ) / ( -87 + 84 ) = 129
Get the Y-intercept: 31444 → 243.75ºC
Hmm, strange: 0 Kelvin → -243.15 not 243.75ºC
Temp ºC ≈ n/129 - 243.75
Step 4: make it easy to use for biologists
Complete with alerts & maintenance/downtime prediction algorithms !
Transform the way biology is done
These tools are essential in curing
disease, finding new drugs, etc.
What we need help with
Create a repository of open & interoperable device “drivers”
Create a framework to teach these skills to biologists and doctors
Recruit hackers & reverse engineers to this cause
We need the Arduino & Redhat for
Biology
open @ biobright.org
Contact us!
Questions?

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