We Built POOM: A Pocket-Sized Multitool for Wi-Fi 5 GHz, BLE, Zigbee & NFC

Y M — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 21:48:11 +0000

Hi everyone 👋
We’re a small team of hardware tinkerers and embedded devs, and over the last months we’ve been building POOM — a pocket-sized, open-source multitool designed for wireless experimentation, security research, and playful hacking.

Hardware Specs:

ESP32-C5 (dual-core, Wi-Fi 6, BLE 5)
Multi-radio: 2.4/5GHz Wi-Fi (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax), BLE, Zigbee, Thread, Matter
NFC/HF-RFID (13.56MHz) for physical security testing
Built-in display for field operations
Wallet-sized form factor

Pentesting Capabilities:

PCAP/PCAPNG export → direct Wireshark integration
Deauth and connectivity resilience testing (authorized networks)
BLE advertiser simulation for beacon vulnerability assessment
Rogue AP detection (duplicate SSIDs, encryption mismatches, anomalous beacons)
Forensic logging with SHA-256 hashes and UTC timestamps
Evil Twin and Captive Portals

SDK & Tooling:

Open-source
FastAPI integration for webhook-based automation
MQTT client for IoT network testing
OTA firmware updates
DFU over USB
Embedded web server for wireless configuration

We been feature on articles from Hackster.io, highlight POOM in the context of the security and maker communities:

Why We Built POOM: A Pocket-Sized Multitool for Wi-Fi 5 GHz, BLE, Zigbee & NFC

Y M — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 21:37:16 +0000

We been feature on articles from Hackster.io, highlight POOM in the context of the security and maker communities:

DEV Community: Y M

We Built POOM: A Pocket-Sized Multitool for Wi-Fi 5 GHz, BLE, Zigbee & NFC

Why We Built POOM: A Pocket-Sized Multitool for Wi-Fi 5 GHz, BLE, Zigbee & NFC