FwupdPlugin – 1.0: Plugin: PixArt Touchpad
Description: Reference for FwupdPlugin-1.0: Plugin: PixArt Touchpad

#### Plugin: PixArt Touchpad

## Introduction

The PixArt Touchpad plugin updates PixArt touchpad firmware that enumerates as HID devices, either USB-HID or I²C-HID exposed via `hidraw`.

The device can enter a lightweight bootloader (“engineer mode”) and is then flashed over the same HID interface.

This plugin sets the fwupd device protocol to `com.pixart.tp` and reports version numbers in hex format.

## Firmware Format

The firmware is parsed by `FuPixartTpFirmware` and validated using:

- Magic `FWHD` (header v1.0)
- Header CRC32 (over the header minus CRC field)
- Payload CRC32 (over the bytes after the header)

Each updateable internal section defines a flash start address and a file offset/length. The plugin programs flash in 4 KiB sectors with 256-byte pages via a small SRAM window.

## GUID Generation

These devices use the standard HID DeviceInstanceId values, e.g.

- `HIDRAW\VEN_093A&DEV_0343`

Additionally, the plugin reads the internal Part ID from the device to generate a custom, quirk-specific instance ID. This allows for targeting quirks to specific silicon regardless of the USB/HID PID:

- `PIXARTTP\PARTID_0274`

> Note: If the same silicon enumerates as a USB interface on some systems, an additional USB GUID like `USB\VID_093A&PID_0343` may also be provided in the firmware metadata. GUIDs derived from hardware IDs are stable across machines.

## Update Behavior

High-level flow:

1. Detach (enter bootloader) Writes device registers to switch to engineer mode:
2. `bank 0x01, reg 0x2c = 0xaa`

3. `bank 0x01, reg 0x2d = 0xcc`

4. Erase/Program

5. Erase flash by sector (4 KiB)
6. Program by page (256 B) using an SRAM selected by `SramSelect`

7. Busy/write-enable checks are performed between operations

8. Attach (exit bootloader)

9. `bank 0x01, reg 0x2c = 0xaa`
10. `bank 0x01, reg 0x2d = 0xbb`

OS reboot is required.

## Quirk Use

This plugin supports the following plugin-specific quirks:

### `PixartTpHidVersionBank`

Defines which bank to read the device firmware version from. Default: `0x00`.

### `PixartTpHidVersionAddr`

Defines which address to read the device firmware version from; the plugin reads `addr+0` (lo) and `addr+1` (hi). Default: `0xb2`.

### `PixartTpSramSelect`

Selects the SRAM type used for 256-byte page programming. Default: `0x0f`.

### `PixartTpHasHaptic`

Whether this TP has a TF/haptic child IC.

Default: `false`.

## Vendor ID Security

The vendor ID is set from the HID vendor, in this instance set to `HIDRAW:0x093A`

## Version Considerations

This plugin has been available since fwupd version `2.0.19`.