Introducing the Banshee: a Dual-ESP32 development board built from scratch by The Wired Hatters for advanced experimentation across several mediums, security research, and firmware development.
(more pictures coming soon)
At its core, the Banshee combines two hand-picked microcontrollers into a single infinitely expendable hardware platform: the ESP32-C5 WROOM N8R8 and the ESP32-S3 WROOM N16R8. Each MCU is assigned a clear role, allowing complex tasks to be split cleanly between control logic and high-performance data handling.
The Banshee runs GhostESP firmware.
"GhostESP is a multi-protocol security testing toolkit for ESP32 devices. It enables scanning Wi-Fi networks, capturing handshakes, launching wireless attacks, reading NFC tags, learning and transmitting IR signals, and more—on hardware designed to expose and control every subsystem intentionally."
Documentation
GhostESP Discord
Special shoutout and a BIG Thank you to Deki - GhostESP's main developer and his Team to support the Banshee, it wouldn't be possible without you guys.
Included:
- Custom Packaging
- 3D Printed PLA case
- 2 Dual band antennas
- The Banshee
Note: Comes WITHOUT battery (more info below) & SMA GPS Antenna
Feature Overview
Core System Dual ESP32 architecture (ESP32-C5 + ESP32-S3)
Dedicated internal communication between both ESP32s
Designed for GhostESP firmware and future expansion
Power & Hardware Control
Actual battery fuel gauge (dedicated IC)
Reverse polarity protection on battery input
Designed to reach full performance with a 5000 mAh 1S Li-Po battery (Information below)
Backlight PWM control for the main display
RTC with external EEPROM for persistent timekeeping (requires a LIR1222 battery)
Displays & UI
Main TFT display for primary interaction
Secondary OLED display for status, diagnostics and animations
Joystick + touch (support coming soon)
Rotary encoder with pushbutton
3 shortcut buttons (support coming soon)
Lighting & Indicators
36 addressable RGB LEDs (Neopixel chain)
Flashlight
UV Flashlight
Connectivity & I/O
USB-C port for flashing, debugging, charging & BadUSB (support coming soon)
USB-A host port for HID peripherals (e.g. keyboards)
Ethernet for wired networking/analysis
SD card slot for extended storage and logging
8-pin SPI GPIO expansion rail (support coming soon)
External I²C GPIO expansion M5-compatible Grove port
Wireless & Sensors
DualBand 2.4GHz & 5.8 GHz
GPS module with: Internal antenna & External SMA antenna option
NRF24 radio module by Ebyte (support coming soon)
3 Infrared TX LEDs and RX (learn & transmit IR signals)
Compass (support coming soon)
Accelerometer (support coming soon)
Audio (support coming soon)
Stereo microphones
Audio jack
0.7W Speaker output
⚠️Feature Availability
Some hardware features are already present, but require firmware support, which is marked as coming soon. Deki is hard at work, rest assured firmware support will come soon. Implemented your own support? Become a firmware contributor by opening a Pull Request.
All devices are thoroughly tested before shipping to ensure they are fully functional. If you encounter any issues while setting up the device, please do not hesitate to create a ticket in our Discord or contact me via forms on our site!
The Banshee
This hardware is for educational and experimental purposes only and is not meant for any illegal activity or purposes. I do not condone illegal activity and strongly encourage keeping transmissions to legal or valid educational or experimental uses allowed by law.
