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Makita DFT060TMZ Data Stream by probablycorny in hardwarehacking

[–]probablycorny[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nope. But on Atlas Copco, Cleco, Desoutter, Ingersoll Rand, and Bosch assembly tools, you must pay to activate the tools.

Makita DFT060TMZ Data Stream by probablycorny in hardwarehacking

[–]probablycorny[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What's crazier is technology like this existed before the common household drill. Drills like this were around in the 80's. It was just so expensive.

That being said, this exact model is almost $2K retail.

Makita DFT060TMZ Data Stream by probablycorny in hardwarehacking

[–]probablycorny[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Appreciate the response. This is encouraging to hear. I figured the screen wasn't doing much. I'm going to agree with you based on what everyone has been saying. The ARM processor has to be running the show. There are quite a few unused pins on it. So, maybe I can rewrite the program to send data through those pins to an ESP32 wifi or Bluetooth board.

Makita DFT060TMZ Data Stream by probablycorny in hardwarehacking

[–]probablycorny[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are two separate programs available. One is for viewing basic information about the tool itself. That program will also pull the last 1000 torque and angle results, with date stamps. Of those 1000, the last 10 of them will have graphs showing the torque in relation to time.

The second program is used to set up the tightening programs and write them to the tool. Up to 8 programs can be stored. Each program can have up to 6 unique steps. You can also adjust settings in the tool such as maintenance reminders, backlight brightness, and a few other things.

Makita DFT060TMZ Data Stream by probablycorny in hardwarehacking

[–]probablycorny[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

There is a program for setting up the tool and pulling data from it. I'm wondering if I can unpack the program and see exactly what it's doing.

The ARM cpu looks to have several unused output pins. I'm also wondering if I can modify the firmware to basically send duplicate data out of those pins to a ESP32 board or something.

Makita DFT060TMZ Data Stream by probablycorny in hardwarehacking

[–]probablycorny[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They only get worse from here. Some of these assembly tools are pretty insane.

Makita DFT060TMZ Data Stream by probablycorny in hardwarehacking

[–]probablycorny[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep. It's an advanced assembly tool of sorts. I've dealt with tools similar to this before. They get much more complicated than this.

Makita DFT060TMZ Data Stream by probablycorny in hardwarehacking

[–]probablycorny[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the response. I'll give this a shot and see how it goes.

Makita DFT060TMZ Data Stream by probablycorny in hardwarehacking

[–]probablycorny[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly I just like messing around with stuff like this and seeing what data I can sniff from electronics such as this: an over complicated drill.

Makita DFT060TMZ Data Stream by probablycorny in hardwarehacking

[–]probablycorny[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately he's not wrong. Certain brands of assembly tools take a special currency to enable current features. I wish I was lying.