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XTW100 Mini Programmer Schematic and Driver

  Author:  Cornelius   Posted on:  August 28, 2020   Updated on:  August 29, 2020

XTW100 is a new SPI/I2C memory programmer based on STM32 microcontroller. It is advertised as a

comprehensive replacement for the CH341A.

I recently found a new serial programmer, the XTW100 Mini Programmer which is supposed to be an "upgraded" variant of the well-
known CH341A Mini Programmer. Having a similar price to CH341A, I didn't wait any longer and ordered myself one. With a PCB
slightly bigger (in length) than the PCB of CH341A, this new device is built around an STM32 ARM microcontroller. Having native USB
port and hardware I2C and SPI, these microcontrollers with proper rmware could do a good job for this purpose.

Yet, there are some advertised features of this programmer that seem to good to be true (for a 4 USD programmer). Just as I did with
the CH341A, I will try to draw the schematic and look for drivers and software for this XTW100 memory programmer. Because the
STM32 is a 3.3 V device I can say for sure that this programmer will not have the 5 V bus levels issue. I got my XTW100 from AliExpress
/ WAVGAT store.

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storage capacity, fast access time and
It is claimed that this programmer is able to switch supply voltage for the memory between 3.3 V and 5 V depending on the selected are reliable, usually be...
chip. Besides this, the software includes 1.8 V chips in its known devices list. We'll see whether this voltage switching is true or not.
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The programmer is built around STM32F103C8T6 ARM 32-bit microcontroller. This and a linear voltage regulator (AMS1117-3.3) are
the only integrated circuits on the PCB. I'm still wondering how they switch voltages. From the rst look I can see this one does not
have additional pin headers like CH341A has. Those connectors for serial port and SPI port proved useful for me and de nitely make
the programmer more versatile. Unfortunately, XTW100 does not feature similar ports.

Note that the same microcontroller is used by "blue pill" development boards. STM32F103C8 is a device with Cortex-M3 ARM CPU
that runs at maximum 72 MHz, 20 kB of RAM and 64 kB of ash memory. The microcontroller (MCU) has USB port, two serial ports,
16-bit PWM pins and 12 bit ADC pins. It runs at 3.3V, but some of its pins are 5V tolerant. Most read
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With a multimeter and a couple of hours I was able to trace the schematic of this programmer. First of all, as I supposed, this is a 3.3 V ACARS Alarm Ampli er Antenna API
device. SPI bus is wired to a hardware SPI port of the STM32 (SPI2 on pins PB12..PB15). That's a good thing. It means good overall Arduino ATX Audio AV4202N Avermedia A867
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With I2C they chose a totally di erent con guration. While I2C1 pins PB6 and PB7 are used to drive the LEDs, I2C2 pins PB10 and
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PB11 are used as GPIOs to provide ground connection for the SPI memory, there is no hardware port available for I2C. It must be
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Strange way of powering the memory chips though. 3.3 V supply is coming from the voltage regulator which also powers the CPU, yet
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memory ICs. In this way the current through any chip you may plug in the programmer is limited to 2 x 25 mA/pin = 50 mA. This FM Radio Fonts FT8 Gqrx Graphics Gray-
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limitation is a bit dangerous. Draw more and you may destroy those pins of the GPIO or the entire port if you're "lucky".
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3.3 V compatible, so this programmer could be very well used for them. But that's a totally di erent thing from "The programming
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Just copy this one - https://www.rtl-
Install libusb-win32 driver for XTW100 sdr.com/wp-co... - Jim
I don't know. Better use the
Follow-up battery. And chec... - Cornelius

Is it worth switching from CH341A to XTW100? Well, it's a good addition to my toolbox, but I'm not sure it can replace CH341A Mini Yes, this works for HF
band. - Cornelius
Programmer. In a follow-up post (I actually bricked its rmware) I'll actually use it and sample the buses with a logic analyzer.
It should be possible, but don't
expect too mu... - Cornelius
Yeap, me too, I'm trying to
implement the SSL ... - Anonymous

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