/X6100Study

A repository dedicated to collect technical information on the Xiegu X6100

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Aether's Xiegu X6100 notes PRs Welcome

A repository dedicated to annotate the findings when hacking the Xiegu X6100 HF+6m transceiver.

Architecture

The radio has been described as a "tablet on top of a radio". Such isn't far from the truth. The radio is composed by two separate parts:

  • An STM32 microcontroller connected to all the radio bits.
  • An AllWinner SoC running a Linux operating system.

These two systems use a set of commands to communicate.

TODO list

Technical

  • Add the model of the STM32 microcontroller.
    • Link the datasheet.
  • Add the model of the AllWinner SoC.
    • Add this link to it.
    • Link the datasheet if one is available.
  • Draw a nice diagram of the base architecure.
  • Gather all scattered knowledge.
  • Add information about how the base firmware is like the Xiegu X90.
  • Add information about how the base firmware is based on UHSDR.
  • Add that libraries like liquid-dsp are used in the frontend firmware.
  • Add the information about the private key of the base firmware without publishing it.
  • Add info about SSH/TTY into the stock firmware, and the root access.
  • Add that, for the AetherX6100Control API to work properly, "you must first call x6100_control_set_band() and then change the frequency."

Formatting

  • Separate the different sections into different directories and readme.md files as they get larger.