# ESP32 Bit Pirate: a multi-protocol workbench built on the ESP32-S3

DevFeed: [ESP32 Bit Pirate: a multi-protocol workbench built on the ESP32-S3](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/esp32-bit-pirate-a-multi-protocol-workbench-built-on-the-esp32-s3-13788.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://developer.espressif.com/blog/2026/08/esp32-bit-pirate/>)

Author: John Lee

Published: 2026-08-20T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Blog on Developer Portal](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/blog-on-developer-portal.md>)

Topics: [ESP32-S3](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/esp32-s3.md>), [Embedded Software Dev](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/embedded-software-dev.md>), [Hardware](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/hardware.md>), [Command-line interface](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cli.md>), [ESP32-C5](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/esp32-c5.md>), [Scripting](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/scripting.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [Python](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/python.md>)

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## AI overview

ESP32 Bit Pirate turns an ESP32-S3 into a scriptable multi-protocol workbench. The article describes its firmware, more than twenty wired and wireless modes, serial and web-based interfaces, Python scripting, and companion open-hardware projects including an ESP32-C5 radio adapter and a carrier dock.

## Source excerpt

ESP32 Bit Pirate turns an ESP32-S3 into a scriptable multi-protocol workbench with more than twenty modes, a web and serial CLI, and dump and sniff tooling. This article walks through the firmware and the two open-hardware companions that extend it: a carrier dock with selectable 1.8 V, 3.3 V and 5 V level translation, and an ESP32-C5 adapter that adds a dual-band radio.