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A realtime `lf read` streams samples straight to the host at the LF sample rate, around 125 kB/s. If the host stopped draining for even a moment, async_usb_write_requestWrite() returned false, and ReadLF_realtime() treated that as fatal: it returned PM3_EIO through a goto that also skipped async_usb_write_stop(). The IN endpoint was left busy, every later usb_write() then returned PM3_EIO, and the device went silent until it was physically replugged. A USB bus reset does not clear it -- EP0 keeps working, descriptors read fine, only bulk IN is dead. That is what a long `lf read` looked like from the client: a transfer that stopped early, and then a device that would not answer the next command. A busy endpoint is back pressure, not an error. The sampling loop now waits for the host, up to 100ms, and only gives up if it never comes back. Every exit path closes the async write. The spins inside the USB helpers are bounded and drop the stuck packet instead of turning into an infinite loop, which is the other half of why the device never recovered. Measured against a reader deliberately held at 41 kB/s: before, the stream died at 212238 of 300000 bytes and the unit needed a replug; after, 300000 of 300000 and it still answers. The last packet of a stream was being lost as well. The host's CDC read buffer is two max sized packets, and a bulk IN transfer only completes on a short packet or a full buffer, so a stream ending on a full 64 byte packet was left sitting in a half filled buffer. It showed as exact parity on the packet count: 513 packets requested -> 512 delivered 514 -> 514 515 packets requested -> 514 delivered 516 -> 516 async_usb_write_stop() now always sends a closing packet, the leftover partial bytes when there are any and a zero length packet otherwise, the same way usb_write() already did for its own transfers. On the client side a short transfer is reported instead of being presented as a complete read, the device is told to stop streaming on that path too, and the in place byte counter is repeated with its final value, since the loop only samples it every 10ms and the last line printed was stale. Lastly `lf read` and `lf sniff` cap the sample count to the graph buffer size. Anything past it was streamed and then discarded by getSamplesFromBufEx(), so `-s 1500000` spent about two extra seconds collecting 220000 samples that were thrown away, and printed "Received 1500000 / 1500000 bytes" followed by "Got 1280000 samples" with nothing to explain the gap. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Iceman Fork - Proxmark
The Proxmark is the swiss-army tool of RFID, allowing for interactions with the vast majority of RFID tags on a global scale. Originally built by Jonathan Westhues, the device is now the goto tool for RFID Analysis for the enthusiast.
Iceman repository is considered to be the pinnacle of features and functionality, enabling a huge range of extremely useful and convenient commands and Python/LUA scripts to automate chip identification, penetration testing, and programming.
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Table of Contents
- Iceman Fork - Proxmark
- Table of Contents
- PROXMARK3 INSTALLATION AND OVERVIEW
- How to build?
- What has changed?
- Development
PROXMARK3 INSTALLATION AND OVERVIEW
Notes / helpful documents
How to build?
Proxmark5
The last hardware generation is called Proxmark5. It has
- MCU: AT32F435, a 288 MHz Artery Cortex-M4
- Gowin FPGA
- TypeC Extended Port (CEP)
- BLE / Wifi / Battery Addon, via a ESp32c2
- Swappable antennas (LF, HF, UHF)
- 125, 134, 250, 375, 500 KHz Low Frequency Antenna (LF)
- 13.56 MHz High Frequency Antenna (HF)
- as a addon: 860-960 MHz Ultra High Frequency Antenna (UHF), ** not developed yet **
At the moment, Proxmark5-specific instructions are all grouped in a single Getting Started guide. Read it to build, flash and run your Proxmark5 device. See the instruction links in the tables above to get the compilation environment.
- ⚠ The firmware is not stable at the moment and is actively being developed at.
- ⚠ Don't install the BWM addon board for now.
Proxmark3 RDV4
See the instruction links in the tables above to build, flash and run for your Proxmark3 RDV4 device.
Generic Proxmark3 platforms
In order to build this repo for generic Proxmark3 platforms we urge you to read Advanced compilation parameters
We define generic Proxmark3 platforms as following devices.
Supported
- RDV1, RDV2, RDV3 easy
- Ryscorp green PCB version
- Radiowar black PCB version
- numerous Chinese adapted versions of the RDV3 easy (kkmoon, PiSwords etc)
- Proxmark3 SE (Special Edition) (BLE enabled)
- Proxmark3 X
- Note: Community tested
- Note: unknown device hw
- iCopy-X
- Note: Compatible ONLY after installation of iCopy-X Open Source firmware
- Factory firmware is not compatible (Client Commands are different / Factory UI closed source / Factory Firmware enforces tag DRM)
Not supported
- ⚠ Proxmark Evolution (EVO)
- Note: unknown pin assignments.
- ⚠ Ryscorp Proxmark3 Pro
- Note: device has different fpga and unknown pin assignments.
- Note: Company have disappeared, leaving their customers in the dark.
Experimental support
- ⚠ Proxmark3 Ultimate
- Note: unknown device hw
- Note: FPGA images is building for it. Use on your own risk.
Unknown support status
- ⚠ VX
- Note: unknown device hw
When it comes to these new unknown models we are depending on the community to report in if this repo works and what they did to make it work.
256KB flash memory size of generic Proxmark3 platforms
⚠ Note: You need to keep a eye on how large your ARM chip built-in flash memory is. With 512KB you are fine but if its 256KB you need to compile this repo with even less functionality. When running the
./pm3-flash-allyou can see which size your device have if you have the bootloader from this repo installed. Otherwise you will find the size reported in the start message when running the Proxmark3 client./pm3.
What has changed?
See the Changelog file which we try to keep updated.
Development
⚠ Note: This is a bleeding edge repository. The maintainers actively is working out of this repository and will be periodically re-structuring the code to make it easier to comprehend, navigate, build, test, and contribute to, so DO expect significant changes to code layout on a regular basis.
👉 Remember! If you intend to contribute to the code, please read the coding style notes first. We usually merge your contributions fast since we do like the idea of getting a functionality in the Proxmark3 and weed out the bugs afterwards.
The public roadmap is an excellent start to read if you are interesting in contributing.
Supported operating systems
This repo compiles nicely on
- WSL1 on Windows 10
- WSL2 on Windows 10/11
- Proxspace environment release v3.xx
- Windows/MinGW environment
- Ubuntu, ParrotOS, Gentoo, Pentoo, Kali, NetHunter, Arch Linux, Fedora, Debian, Raspbian
- Android / Termux
- macOS / Homebrew (or MacPorts, experimental) / Apple Silicon M1
- iOS (Jailbroken, rootful)
- Docker container
Precompiled binaries
See Proxmark3 precompiled builds
Proxmark3 GUI
Most community driven GUI for Proxmark tends to be quite old and out-of-date. Here is a list of a few:
- Proxmark3 Universal GUI will work more or less.
- Proxmark3 GUI cross-compiled which is recently updated and claims to support latest source of this repo.
- Proxmark3_GUI simple gui in vb.net
Official channels
Where do you find the community?
Maintainers
To all distro, package maintainers, we tried to make your life easier.
make install is now available and if you want to know more.
This document will be helpful for you
Citation
Use this bibtex to cite this repository globally:
@misc{proxmark3,
author = {C. {Herrmann} and P. {Teuwen} and O. {Moiseenko} and M. {Walker} and others},
title = {{Proxmark3 -- Iceman repo}},
howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/RfidResearchGroup/proxmark3}},
keywords = {rfid nfc iceman proxmark3 125khz 134khz 13.56mhz},
}
If you need to refer to a specific state of the repository, use a commit number or a date of access, e.g.:
note = {Accessed: commit 12327f71a27da23831901847886aaf20e8ad3ca0}
note = {Accessed: 2021-01-01}
Copyright and licensing terms
Each contribution is under the copyright of its author. See AUTHORS.
The Proxmark3 source code is covered by the following licensing terms, usually referred as GPLv3 or later.
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
A copy of the GPLv3 is available in LICENSE.
Some dependencies may be under other free licensing terms compatible with the Proxmark3 licensing terms, see their respective description.