I ended up writing a post about my recent efforts with an old Akai MPK mini MIDI controller. I glitched the STM32 to obtain the firmware, reversed it and added new features such as MIDI over BLE and OTA updates with the help of AI.
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From protected STM32 to open MIDI controller: reverse engineering the original MPK mini
A technical account of firmware preservation, replacement and an ESP32-C3 expansion.
I started with a modest goal: give my first-generation Akai MPK mini Bluetooth MIDI without losing its ordinary U...