--- title: IDA file loader for UF2, created for the DEFCON 29... description: The DEFCON 29 badge uses the UF2 bootloader, which conveniently allows you to dump and flash the firmware over USB as a mass storage device. To install, simply... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/ida-file-loader-for-uf2-created-for-the-defcon-29-hardware-badge-ctdffasmk twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: IDA file loader for UF2, created for the DEFCON 29 hardware badge | daily.dev og:description: The DEFCON 29 badge uses the UF2 bootloader, which conveniently allows you to dump and flash the firmware over USB as a mass storage device. To install, simply... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/ida-file-loader-for-uf2-created-for-the-defcon-29-hardware-badge-ctdffasmk og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/CTdfFAsMk.png og:image:alt: IDA file loader for UF2, created for the DEFCON 29 hardware badge og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # IDA file loader for UF2, created for the DEFCON 29 hardware badge **[Python Awesome](https://daily.dev/sources/pythonawe)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The DEFCON 29 badge uses the UF2 bootloader, which conveniently allows you to dump and flash the firmware over USB as a mass storage device. To install, simply copy the uf2.py file into IDA's loaders directory. Then, whenever you load a Uf2 file, it will be detected and IDA will understand how to load it. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#defcon](https://daily.dev/tags/defcon), [#firmware](https://daily.dev/tags/firmware), [#hardware](https://daily.dev/tags/hardware) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/ida-file-loader-for-uf2-created-for-the-defcon-29-hardware-badge-ctdffasmk) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"IDA file loader for UF2, created for the DEFCON 29 hardware badge","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/ida-file-loader-for-uf2-created-for-the-defcon-29-hardware-badge-ctdffasmk","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/ida-file-loader-for-uf2-created-for-the-defcon-29-hardware-badge-ctdffasmk"},"datePublished":"2021-08-09T10:43:22.171Z","dateModified":"2025-09-06T02:32:07.315Z","description":"The DEFCON 29 badge uses the UF2 bootloader, which conveniently allows you to dump and flash the firmware over USB as a mass storage device. To install, simply...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/1bd94455f51c34f2431075e1b686c239","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/1bd94455f51c34f2431075e1b686c239","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Python Awesome","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Python Awesome","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/c2d78b78b5b349f8b32c097e9e6a87dd","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/pythonawe"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/ida-file-loader-for-uf2-created-for-the-defcon-29-hardware-badge-ctdffasmk","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"defcon,firmware,hardware","timeRequired":"PT1M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Python Awesome","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/pythonawe"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"IDA file loader for UF2, created for the DEFCON 29 hardware badge"}]} ```