Case study

UV-K5: an open reimplementation of Quan Sheng firmware v2.1.27

An archived reimplementation of the Quan Sheng UV-K5 handheld-radio firmware v2.1.27. After the submodules are fetched, make writes firmware.bin and firmware.packed.bin for the radio’s DP32G030.

Targets: Firmware
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-03

Stars: 267
Last commit: 2023-10-30
Language: C
License (GitHub): Apache-2.0
Status: Archived

GitHub data as of 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Scope: The repository is archived. It reimplements Quan Sheng UV-K5 firmware v2.1.27 without customizations and recommends arm-none-eabi GCC 10.3.1.
Testing evidence: Fetch submodules, then run make. The build targets cortex-m0 and produces firmware.bin for k5prog and firmware.packed.bin for the official updater.
License: LICENSE is the Apache License, Version 2.0.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{uv-k5-firmware-case,
  title = {{UV-K5: an open reimplementation of Quan Sheng firmware v2.1.27}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/DualTachyon/uv-k5-firmware}},
  url = {https://github.com/DualTachyon/uv-k5-firmware},
  urldate = {2026-11-03},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/uv-k5-firmware-case/}}
}

Plain text

UV-K5: an open reimplementation of Quan Sheng firmware v2.1.27. https://github.com/DualTachyon/uv-k5-firmware (accessed 2026-11-03). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/uv-k5-firmware-case/

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README.md GitHub · DualTachyon/uv-k5-firmware · Revision 6f8afac
Makefile GitHub · DualTachyon/uv-k5-firmware · Revision 6f8afac
version.c GitHub · DualTachyon/uv-k5-firmware · Revision 6f8afac
LICENSE GitHub · DualTachyon/uv-k5-firmware · Revision 6f8afac