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Scout Lite for Flipper Zero — ESP32-C5 Wi-Fi 6 Wardriver with L86 GPS
Scout Lite for Flipper Zero — ESP32-C5 Wi-Fi 6 Wardriver with L86 GPS
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Scout Lite · ESP32-C5
A compact ESP32-C5 dual-band Wi-Fi wardriving module for the Flipper Zero, with an onboard Quectel L86-M33 GPS, microSD WiGLE logging and USB-C. It scans 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz on a single radio, tags every network with GPS coordinates as WigleWifi CSV, and ships pre-flashed with ESP32 Marauder. One chip, both bands, one GPS wired two ways — nothing else on the board to crowd the airwaves.
Choose Scout Lite for ESP32-C5 dual-band wardriving with GPS. Choose 5Ghost for pre-flashed 5 GHz BW16. Choose the ESP32-S2 board for entry-level 2.4 GHz. Flipper Zero host not included.
- True dual-band. 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz Wi-Fi 6 on one ESP32-C5 — see 5 GHz APs that 2.4-only rigs miss.
- Onboard L86-M33 GPS. Hard-wired to the C5 — Marauder logs a location with every capture, out of the box.
- WiGLE CSV to microSD. Every AP tagged with time, signal, channel and GPS as WigleWifi CSV, ready for wigle.net.
- Pre-flashed ESP32 Marauder. Seat it on the Flipper's GPIO header and start — no module flashing to set up.
- Quiet by design. No NRF24, no sub-GHz — nothing crowding 2.4 GHz or the −165 dBm GPS front-end.
- GPS also on GPIO 15/16. The NMEA stream fans out to the Flipper's own GPS app, alongside wardriving.
- Dual-band SMA antenna included. SMA footprint on board; swap in any 2.4 / 5 GHz antenna you like.
- Browser flashing. Recover or update Marauder from Chrome / Edge — no esptool, no COM-port hunt.
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SigRoam wardriving UI. Dedicated Flipper dashboard for live AP, BLE and GPS. Marauder stays on the board; the
.fapgoes on the Flipper.
One chip. Both bands. One GPS, wired two ways.
The ESP32-C5-WROOM-1U handles 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz Wi-Fi 6 on a single radio — no second ESP32 bolted on just to see 5 GHz. The onboard Quectel L86-M33 GPS is hard-wired to the C5's UART, so ESP32 Marauder logs a location with every capture the moment you power on — nothing to enable. Its NMEA stream also fans out to the Flipper's GPIO 15/16, so the Flipper's own GPS app runs alongside wardriving. No switch, no re-wiring.
And nothing else is on the board. No NRF24 sitting in the same 2.4 GHz band as your scanner. No sub-GHz transceiver raising the noise floor around the −165 dBm GPS front-end. Fewer radios, fewer antennas, fewer things to interfere — a quieter board by design.
│ ESP32 Marauder (pre-flashed)
├─ UART ─ Quectel L86-M33 GPS (hard-wired)
│ └─ NMEA → Flipper GPIO 15/16
▼ GPIO header
FLIPPER ZERO — host · Momentum firmware
└─ microSD · WigleWifi CSV → wigle.net
Scout Lite does one job well.
| Do-everything 5G module | PINGEQUA Scout Lite | |
|---|---|---|
| Radios on board | C5 + 2× sub-GHz + NRF24 + GPS | C5 + GPS only |
| 2.4 GHz scan environment | shares the band with an NRF24 | nothing else on 2.4 GHz |
| GPS environment | extra transmitters nearby | quiet board around the patch |
| GPS wardriving | sometimes firmware-gated | hard-wired + pre-flashed |
| Size & price | bigger, pricier | smaller, cheaper |
| Focus | jack of all trades | wardriving, done well |
Buffered by simplicity: the radios that aren't there can't interfere.
Marauder recovery in your browser — no toolchain.
Scout Lite arrives pre-flashed with the latest stable ESP32 Marauder build for the ESP32-C5, so normal setup needs no flashing at all. If the board ever stops responding or a firmware update lands, recover it straight from the browser — the COM-port and download-mode errors that trip people up with esptool are handled for you.
- Open the flasher. Visit flash.pingequa.com/devices/scout-lite in Chrome or Edge on desktop, or Chrome on Android (Web Serial).
- Enter download mode. The ESP32-C5's native USB doesn't yet support automatic download-mode entry, so hold BOOT, plug in a USB-C data cable while holding it, then release BOOT.
- Connect & flash. Click
Connect, pick the port, and flash. Bootloader, partition table and app are written at their offsets automatically.
Pre-flashed — dock it and go.
- Dock it. Seat Scout Lite on your Flipper Zero's GPIO header. It's pre-flashed — nothing to set up.
- Run Momentum. Momentum bundles the Marauder app and maps the GPS to GPIO 15/16. Open the Marauder app and insert a microSD card (FAT32).
- Start Wardrive. Every AP is logged with timestamp, signal, channel and GPS location as WigleWifi CSV. Pull the card and upload to wigle.net.
Want a better wardriving screen? Install SigRoam — keep Marauder on the board.
Scout Lite ships with ESP32 Marauder and works as soon as you dock it. The Marauder companion app is the full toolkit. If you want a dedicated live dashboard for a WiGLE run — unique BSSID estimate, AP / BLE / GPS counts, raw serial — install SigRoam on the Flipper. It drives the Marauder scanner over GPIO serial. It does not replace the image on the ESP32-C5, and it does not send deauth, handshake or attack frames.
SigRoam on the Flipper is the control head you can install today. A dedicated, receive-only scanner firmware for Scout Lite is in development for the wardriving job; it is not a download yet. Until it ships, leave the factory Marauder image on the board — the app already speaks that serial protocol, so the upgrade is a browser re-flash, not a new module.
| Marauder companion app | SigRoam (recommended) | |
|---|---|---|
| Runs on | Flipper Zero | Flipper Zero |
| Board firmware | ESP32 Marauder (factory) | Same image — do not reflash the C5 |
| Job | Full Marauder toolkit | Wardriving dashboard only |
| Live survey view | Marauder menus / Wardrive | Dash / Strm / GPS / Sess with live counts |
| Attack features | Present in the Marauder suite | None, permanently |
| Flipper firmware | Momentum recommended | Official + Momentum, one .fap
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| WiGLE CSV | Marauder writes the Scout Lite microSD | Same file — SigRoam does not write a second log |
| Install | Bundled with Momentum | Copy from GitHub Releases to apps/GPIO/
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- Leave Marauder on the board. Do not flash SigRoam onto the ESP32. The factory image is the scanner.
- Copy the app. Download
sigroam-0.3.fapfrom GitHub Releases and put it inSD Card/apps/GPIO/on the Flipper. - Free the serial pins. Set
Settings → System → Log DevicetoOff. Pins 13/14 are shared with the system log. - Start the survey. Open
Apps → GPIO → SigRoam, go to Dashboard, press OK. WiGLE CSV is written to the Scout Lite microSD by Marauder — not to the Flipper card.
Built for the Flipper Zero.
- Flipper Zero — all hardware revisions
- Momentum firmware (recommended) — bundles Marauder + GPIO 15/16 GPS mapping
- Xtreme firmware — also maps GPS to GPIO 15/16
- microSD (FAT32) — for WigleWifi CSV logging
- Any SMA 2.4 / 5 GHz Wi-Fi antenna
- SigRoam (optional) — dedicated wardriving dashboard on Official and Momentum
- Standalone use — the Flipper Zero is the host
- Sub-GHz or NRF24 work — no such radios on board, by design
- 5 GHz handshake capture — 5 GHz is scan / enumeration only
- Native GPS app on stock firmware — it pins GPS to GPIO 13/14
Wardriving runs through Marauder and is unaffected by firmware. To also use the Flipper's native GPS app, the GPS UART must map to GPIO 15/16 — which Momentum (or Xtreme) does out of the box; stock firmware pins it to 13/14, where the ESP32 already sits. SigRoam is an optional Flipper app for the same Marauder scanner; it runs on Official and Momentum from one .fap.
The numbers that matter.
| Wi-Fi | |
| Transceiver | ESP32-C5-WROOM-1U · Wi-Fi 6 · 2.4 + 5 GHz |
| Scan modes | 2.4 GHz + 5 GHz enumeration (wardriving). 5 GHz is scan-only |
| Antenna | External SMA — dual-band 2.4 / 5 GHz antenna included |
| GNSS | |
| Receiver | Quectel L86-M33 (MediaTek MT3333) |
| Constellations | GPS / GLONASS / Galileo |
| Antenna | Integrated patch |
| Tracking sensitivity | −165 dBm |
| Fast fix | MediaTek EASY (self-generated orbit prediction) |
| Storage | |
| Card | microSD (FAT32), WigleWifi CSV logging — card sold separately |
| Interfaces | |
| Host | Flipper Zero GPIO header |
| USB | USB-C (power + flashing) |
| GPS routing | Hard-wired to ESP32-C5; NMEA also on Flipper GPIO 15/16 |
| Software | |
| ESP32 firmware | ESP32 Marauder (GPLv3), pre-flashed · browser re-flash / recovery available |
| Flipper firmware | Momentum recommended (Xtreme also supported) |
| Flipper wardriving app | SigRoam (optional, recommended) — one .fap for Official and Momentum |
| Dedicated scanner firmware | In development (SigRoam). Not in the flasher yet; shipping units stay on Marauder |
| Project & docs | github.com/pingequalab/scout-lite |
| SigRoam app | github.com/pingequalab/sigroam-wardriving |
| Physical | |
| Radios present | Wi-Fi + GPS only — no NRF24, no sub-GHz |
| Package dimensions | 15 × 8 × 3 cm |
| Shipping weight | 60 g |
What ships.
- 1 × Scout Lite module — ESP32-C5-WROOM-1U + L86-M33 GPS, pre-flashed
- 1 × Dual-band Wi-Fi antenna — 2.4 / 5 GHz, SMA
- microSD card (FAT32, sold separately)
- Flipper Zero host device (shown for reference)
What it cannot do, stated clearly.
- 5 GHz is scan / enumeration only. You'll see 5 GHz APs that 2.4-only rigs walk past, but handshake work stays on 2.4 GHz. Wardriving is enumeration, so this is exactly what you want.
- The Flipper's native GPS app needs GPIO 15/16. Momentum and Xtreme map it there; stock firmware pins GPS to GPIO 13/14 (where the ESP32 sits), so the native app shows no fix. Marauder wardriving is unaffected either way.
- No sub-GHz, no NRF24. If you need sub-GHz capture or 2.4 GHz NRF24 work, this isn't that board — by design.
- GPS needs a clear sky for first fix. Cold-start under open sky; indoors the patch antenna may never lock.
- microSD not included. A FAT32 card is required for WigleWifi logging.
- Dedicated SigRoam scanner firmware is in development. It is not in the box and not in the flasher. Do not look for a second image on flash.pingequa.com yet.
Real questions, straight answers.
Q.00What is this for, and is the host included?
For education, authorized research, and interoperability testing only. The host device is not included. See Compliance & Responsible Use.
Q.01What is Scout Lite?
A compact dual-band wardriving module for the Flipper Zero, built on the ESP32-C5 with an onboard Quectel L86-M33 GPS. It scans 2.4 and 5 GHz Wi-Fi and logs every network with GPS coordinates as WigleWifi CSV to microSD — pre-flashed with ESP32 Marauder.
Q.02What GPS does Scout Lite use?
A Quectel L86-M33 (MediaTek MT3333): GPS, GLONASS and Galileo, with an integrated patch antenna and −165 dBm tracking sensitivity. It's hard-wired to the ESP32-C5 for Marauder wardriving.
Q.03Does it capture 5 GHz handshakes?
No. 5 GHz is scan / enumeration only — you'll see 5 GHz access points that 2.4-only rigs walk past, but handshake work stays on 2.4 GHz. Wardriving is enumeration, so this is exactly what you want.
Q.04Does wardriving work on stock Flipper firmware?
Wardriving runs through the Marauder app. For the smoothest setup — the Marauder app and the Flipper's GPS app together — use Momentum. It bundles both and maps the GPS to GPIO 15/16. For a dedicated live wardriving dashboard, install SigRoam on the Flipper — the board firmware stays Marauder.
Q.05The Flipper GPS app shows no fix. Is the GPS dead?
Almost always firmware, not hardware. Make sure the GPS UART is mapped to GPIO 15/16 (Momentum: MNTM → Protocols → GPIO Pins). Wardriving via Marauder is unaffected either way.
Q.06How do I flash or recover the firmware?
Open flash.pingequa.com/devices/scout-lite in Chrome or Edge. Because the ESP32-C5 doesn't yet auto-enter download mode, hold BOOT, plug in a USB-C data cable while holding it, release BOOT, then click Connect. The board is pre-flashed, so this is only for recovery or updates.
Q.07Can I swap the Wi-Fi antenna?
Yes — the board has an SMA footprint and ships with a dual-band 2.4 / 5 GHz SMA antenna. Swap in any SMA antenna you like.
Q.08No BeiDou?
GPS, GLONASS and Galileo. That's accurate positioning worldwide; BeiDou isn't needed for WiGLE-grade fixes.
Q.09What is SigRoam, and do I flash it onto Scout Lite?
SigRoam is a receive-only Flipper Zero app that drives the Marauder scanner already on Scout Lite. Copy sigroam-0.3.fap to SD Card/apps/GPIO/. Do not flash SigRoam onto the ESP32 — the board firmware stays Marauder.
Q.10Does Scout Lite get a dedicated wardriving firmware?
Yes. PINGEQUA is building a Scout Lite scanner firmware for passive 2.4 / 5 GHz survey, GPS tagging and WiGLE CSV. It is not released. Boards still ship with ESP32 Marauder. When it is ready it will be offered at the same browser flasher. Install SigRoam on the Flipper now; you will not need a different board.
Q.11Should I wait to buy Scout Lite until that firmware ships?
No. Dock it and run Marauder today, or add SigRoam for the live dashboard. The coming firmware is a software update on this hardware.
Q.12Where is the WiGLE CSV when I use SigRoam?
On the Scout Lite microSD, written by Marauder as WigleWifi CSV. SigRoam does not write survey data to the Flipper card. Pull the board's card and upload it at wigle.net.
Shipping & Delivery
Shipping & Delivery
We dispatch in 1–3 business days from Dongguan / Shenzhen. Free tracked shipping from $29.99 USD ($34.99 in the EU). Typical transit after dispatch: 7–10 business days to the US, Canada, the UK, and the EU. Duties and taxes are included for the US, Canada, the UK, and the EU. Host device is not included.
Warranty & Returns
Warranty & Returns
14-day returns for unused items in original packaging. 6-month limited warranty against manufacturing defects. Change-of-mind return shipping is paid by the customer. We cover return shipping for defective, damaged, or wrong items. Damage from wiring mistakes or incorrect flashing is not covered.
