Heya! I was thinking about how to do this a few years ago and just found your video. My idea was based around using Nichrome wire with a small piece of Magnesium Ribbon and if just that isn't enough, you could use a small amount of thermite. Nichrome wire has a max operating temperature of: 2150°F / 1180°C However, I don't think this will be enough to fry the flash memory. Now, magnesium is flammable, it burns at a temperature of approximately 3,100 °C (3,370 K; 5,610 °F), and the autoignition temperature of magnesium ribbon is approximately 473 °C (746 K; 883 °F) So, if you could get a small piece of Nichrome wire to heat up enough to ignite the magnesium ribbon, it may just work 🙂 Keep up the great work!
Since you can reverse polarity, I can assume you have a couple of FETs to isolate the voltage rails to the flash. You could build a small version of the flyback circuit in the USB killer (20 to 40V spikes), isolate the flash chip then hit it repeatedly with the flyback circuit til it silently gives up its silicon innards.
Ayee my comment got featured 🎉. Just out of curiosity, why not add more capacitors? Even if the board has to be a little bigger. Surely enough caps will destroy the flash
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Heya! I was thinking about how to do this a few years ago and just found your video.
My idea was based around using Nichrome wire with a small piece of Magnesium Ribbon and if just that isn't enough, you could use a small amount of thermite.
Nichrome wire has a max operating temperature of: 2150°F / 1180°C
However, I don't think this will be enough to fry the flash memory.
Now, magnesium is flammable, it burns at a temperature of approximately 3,100 °C (3,370 K; 5,610 °F), and the autoignition temperature of magnesium ribbon is approximately 473 °C (746 K; 883 °F)
So, if you could get a small piece of Nichrome wire to heat up enough to ignite the magnesium ribbon, it may just work 🙂
Keep up the great work!
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Since you can reverse polarity, I can assume you have a couple of FETs to isolate the voltage rails to the flash. You could build a small version of the flyback circuit in the USB killer (20 to 40V spikes), isolate the flash chip then hit it repeatedly with the flyback circuit til it silently gives up its silicon innards.
I've just discovered this project, it's awesome, but you know, a self-destructing ssd (sdssd) sound just as good to me!
Thanks :)!!
I'll think about building something like that in the future :)
I’ve got the same thermal imaging camera too!
It's a good one bud!
Ayee my comment got featured 🎉. Just out of curiosity, why not add more capacitors? Even if the board has to be a little bigger. Surely enough caps will destroy the flash
Hey thanks! I tried adding quite a few caps, but it didn't work :(
Add a dc-dc voltage booster circuit?
I tried something like that already. It wasn't consistent enough. interruptlabs.ca/2023/02/06/I-Built-a-Self-Destructing-USB-Drive-Part-3/
@@interruptlabs Very cool! Can't believe nobody took a good stab at this gadget concept yet. (++kanthal wires for a propper barbecue?)
EMP?