What is the XMW01ESP IC?
Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2018 7:02 pmI disassembled a xiaomi desk lamp and found an Espressif "XMW01ESP" inside.
The esptool.py detects it as ESP8285, but the 2MB external flash would suggest an ESP8266. Any Ideas?
Before playing around with the firmware, I wanted to backup the firmware. So I did a:
The image appears to be fine. I can see some plausible plain text strings. I'm just unsure if I missed some internal flash of the ESP8285
The esptool.py detects it as ESP8285, but the 2MB external flash would suggest an ESP8266. Any Ideas?
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esptool.py v2.3.1
Connecting....
Detecting chip type... ESP8266
Chip is ESP8285
Features: WiFi, Embedded Flash
Uploading stub...
Running stub...
Stub running...
Manufacturer: c8
Device: 4015
Detected flash size: 2MBBefore playing around with the firmware, I wanted to backup the firmware. So I did a:
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esptool.py --port /dev/ttyUSB0 read_flash 0x00000 0x200000 image.binThe image appears to be fine. I can see some plausible plain text strings. I'm just unsure if I missed some internal flash of the ESP8285