russian-woodpecker¶
russian-woodpecker is a usb HS (capable of 8kHz polling rate) 2.4GHz radio receiver dongle for use with input devices
State of the project¶
First prototype.
Roadmap
Initial design 👍
First prototype manufactured and assembled 🔨
Barebones firmware support
Documentation 🔨
Hardware improvements / V1
👍 |
Done! |
🔨 |
Work in progress |
Specifications¶
8 kHz polling rate suppor
2.4GHz radio
smol, but not that smol
Hardware¶

ATSAMS3U MCU as main controller
- nrf52810 MCU as radio receiver
SPI connection between MCUs
USB C connector
External antenna connector
Firmware¶
The plan:
The device will need two firmwares, nrf52 will be updated through a spi bootloader by the main mcu, which will be updated through hid
Both will include debug header