Aether's Xiegu X6100 notes

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.

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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.