Nova D1

A multi-tool you build yourself.

An ESP32-S3 pocket multi-tool that runs RPCortex: a 1.3" OLED UI driven by a rotary + buttons, LoRa messaging, NFC, GPS, sub-GHz, infrared, WiFi/BLE, and a phone web control panel — all from off-the-shelf modules. This page tracks the build live.

Try the simulator See the UI Build progress

The interface

The 1.3" OLED, driven by a rotary encoder and three buttons. These are real renders of the actual UI — and you can drive it yourself in the browser.

Nova D1 home — category folders — Home — apps organised in folders

NFC app — NFC — scan & save cards (Flipper .nfc)

Sub-GHz app — Sub-GHz — save & replay codes (Flipper .sub)

BLE app — BLE — scan & ping nearby devices

LoRa messages app — Messages — encrypted LoRa P2P

Settings — Settings — grouped, on-device

LED control app — LED — live colour control

App Store — App Store — browse & install apps

Diagnostics — Diagnostics — module self-tests

▶ Open the live simulator

Build progress

Developed in the open. Status: done partial next later needs hardware

Core platform verified

OLED UI · rotary + 3 buttons done

Animated icon gallery · screen-off · PIN lock done

All peripheral test apps (on hardware) done

Notifications + top-bar bell done

Wireless our edge

WiFi scan / background connect done

Bluetooth LE scan done

LoRa P2P messaging (SX1276) done

LoRa mesh routing (Meshtastic-style) later

GPS live coordinates (NEO-M8N) done

Phone control web panel

Web panel: status · apps · shell done

WiFi onboarding from your phone done

Messages synced web ↔ device done

Bluetooth bridge (web-Bluetooth) next

RF & signals

NFC read (PN532, 13.56 MHz) partial

Infrared receive + send done

IR record / replay library next

Sub-GHz capture / replay (CC1101) next

125 kHz RFID fob cloning needs hardware

Scripting & apps

RPCortex package manager done

Python script API (nova.*) next

Button-grid script apps (IR remote, LoRa) next

Downloadable Nova-UI apps later

Sensors & storage

MicroSD (mount, store scripts/data) done

DHT11 temp/humidity · status LED · buzzer done

Battery / USB power icons done

RTC + auto NTP time sync done

USB & HID planned

HID controller (keyboard / mouse) later

BadUSB (scripted keystrokes) later

U2F security key later

125 kHz RFID scanning needs hardware

USB-HID rides the ESP32-S3 native USB (later); 125 kHz needs an LF module.

Built on RPCortex · installable as the novad1 package · ~$40 in off-the-shelf modules.

Docs, specs & tools

Everything Nova D1 in one place — the build guide, the Flipper compatibility map, the roadmap, and the design specs.

▶ Browser simulator

Drive the real UI in your browser — no hardware.

Roadmap

Categorised feature plan + status.

Flipper compatibility

What matches a Flipper Zero, and how.

Wiring guide

ESP32-S3 pin map for every module.

Full spec

Hardware, modules, the whole build.

Design specs ↗

Build-ready specs (pcap firmware, BLE GATT, …).

Runs on RPCortex · packages: RPCortex-repo