Nova D1

A multi-tool you build yourself.

An ESP32-S3 pocket multi-tool that runs RPCortex: a 128×64 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 128×64 OLED, driven by a rotary encoder and its 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.

V1 reference

Modules, pinout, parts and what's left for V1.

What it can see

What the WiFi and Bluetooth radios can observe — and what they can't.

Parts & prices

Everything it does, every part to buy, what it costs.

Setup guide

Install, pick your board, wire it, turn it on.

Wiring guide

Pin map for every module, per board.

Flipper compatibility

What matches a Flipper Zero, and how.

Nova D2 ↗

The next device — pcap, dual-band, LF emulate.

Runs on RPCortex · packages: RPCortex-repo