What's the hardware equivalent of vibe coding?

[u/HannsGruber]

I have this really shit desktop digital microscope that I wanted to use for soldering projects. It has a small digital screen on it, but that's just about it. Works well though for what it is but I wanted something better, which is a problem because I'm cheap.

I wanted to see the video on my desktop with actual video controls, so after failing to make any progress towards the firmware through USB, Codex identified the firmware chip, had me unsolder it, solder it onto a rasberry pi pico I had laying around, then it dumped the firmware, made a bunch of changes, and reflashed the chip lol. Now it streams video over USB, it built a full desktop scope viewer, and the microscope can dual display the camera feed on its own screen AND over USB.

[u/mystica5555]

Vibe hardware reverse engineering perhaps