# PCM Explorer

> PCM Explorer is a read-only Python browser for Porsche PCM and Audi MMI head-unit images. It parses QNX4/QNX6 drives, compressed firmware, update discs, persistence flash and HBM5 HMI files, and supports search, image comparison, extraction and filesystem checks.

- Type: Tool
- Targets: Firmware
- Category: Firmware tools
- Relationship: Foundation tool
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-06
- Original resource: <https://github.com/dspl1236/PCM-Explorer>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/dspl1236/PCM-Explorer/blob/a38709a0db90b9a3e70f4542b82553e93ace0f42/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/pcm-explorer/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/pcm-explorer/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/pcm-explorer/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Supply an image or extracted files from a supported Porsche PCM or Audi MMI head unit.
- **Limits:** HMI screen export produces labelled boxes rather than the original pixels.
- **License:** MIT license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/dspl1236/PCM-Explorer/blob/a38709a0db90b9a3e70f4542b82553e93ace0f42/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/dspl1236/PCM-Explorer/blob/a38709a0db90b9a3e70f4542b82553e93ace0f42/docs/QNX6-NOTES.md>

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