Case study

RF Power Meter V5 Companion: reconstructing the meter's serial protocol

RF Power Meter V5 Companion reconstructs the USB RF Power Meter V5 serial exchange and uses it in a Windows monitoring app. Its protocol notes describe 460800 8N1 communication, calibrated dBm records, burst markers, and device settings; the author reports comparing live captures with an IL decompile of the vendor executable.

Targets: Protocol
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C1 partial scope or analysis entry

Stars: 4
Last commit: 2026-06-24
Language: C#
License (GitHub): MIT

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Demo screenshot from the project's public documentation

Observed: Download and demo observed; the case covers part of the target software.
Scope: Partial
Checked: 2026-11-08

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: USB RF Power Meter V5 with STM32F401CCU6 and AD8317 or AD8318, plus 64-bit Windows.
Prerequisites: The source build requires the .NET 7 SDK.
License: MIT.

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BibTeX

@misc{rf-power-meter-v5-companion-case,
  title = {{RF Power Meter V5 Companion: reconstructing the meter's serial protocol}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/LostInNovo/rf-power-meter-v5-companion}},
  url = {https://github.com/LostInNovo/rf-power-meter-v5-companion},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/rf-power-meter-v5-companion-case/}}
}

Plain text

RF Power Meter V5 Companion: reconstructing the meter's serial protocol. https://github.com/LostInNovo/rf-power-meter-v5-companion (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/rf-power-meter-v5-companion-case/

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PROTOCOL.md GitHub · LostInNovo/rf-power-meter-v5-companion · Revision e5e681a
README.md GitHub · LostInNovo/rf-power-meter-v5-companion · Revision e5e681a