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@MarvinOl MarvinOl commented Mar 3, 2025

This is the last version released for the chip surpassing the included 4.0.25 version.
Sourced from fork of official source code released by the manufacturer (sadly the original repo is no longer available https://github.com/SiliconLabs/video_si21xx_superset ):
https://github.com/BlackHole-Devel/video_si21xx_superset/blob/master/SILABS_SUPERSET/Si2183/Si2164_ROM1_Patch16_4_0b31.h

At first glance the filename is misleading but in:
https://github.com/BlackHole-Devel/video_si21xx_superset/blob/master/SILABS_SUPERSET/Si2183/Doc/USING_SILABS_SUPERSET.pdf
Page 27 "7.3 Compatibility with specific demodulators" gives a list of families where Si2164-A40 is the parent of Si2168-B40 and share the same firmware.

Firmware is extracted from Si2164_ROM1_Patch16_4_0b31.h by writing the firmware_struct to binary file.

Verified on Hauppauge dualHD:
si2168 12-0064: downloading firmware from file 'dvb-demod-si2168-b40-01.fw'
si2168 14-0067: downloading firmware from file 'dvb-demod-si2168-b40-01.fw'
si2168 14-0067: firmware version: B 4.0.31
si2168 12-0064: firmware version: B 4.0.31

This is the last version released for the chip surpassing the included 4.0.25 version.
Sourced from fork of official source code released by the manufacturer (sadly the original repo is no longer available https://github.com/SiliconLabs/video_si21xx_superset ):
https://github.com/BlackHole-Devel/video_si21xx_superset/blob/master/SILABS_SUPERSET/Si2183/Si2164_ROM1_Patch16_4_0b31.h

At first glance the filename is misleading but in:
https://github.com/BlackHole-Devel/video_si21xx_superset/blob/master/SILABS_SUPERSET/Si2183/Doc/USING_SILABS_SUPERSET.pdf
Page 27 "7.3 Compatibility with specific demodulators" gives a list of families where Si2164-A40 is the parent of Si2168-B40 and share the same firmware.

Firmware is extracted from Si2164_ROM1_Patch16_4_0b31.h by writing the firmware_struct to binary file.

Verified on Hauppauge dualHD:
si2168 12-0064: downloading firmware from file 'dvb-demod-si2168-b40-01.fw'
si2168 14-0067: downloading firmware from file 'dvb-demod-si2168-b40-01.fw'
si2168 14-0067: firmware version: B 4.0.31
si2168 12-0064: firmware version: B 4.0.31
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