Cyclone

Webbased reader/writer for mifare classic cards using ESP8266 (D1 mini) & MFRC522

Features

• read cards/toys with DEFAULT_KEY and toy keys
• write dumps to Magic cards (Gen 1)
• use Cyclone access point or connect to your local wifi network

Screenshots of Cyclone Webinterface

!!! Cyclone Webinterface currently lacks information texts !!!

Home tab with expanded Navbar

Read tab: Read/download dump of current card

Write tab: Write dump to current card (only Magic cards / Gen 1)

Settings tab: Connect Cyclone to your local wifi network

Wiring ESP8266 (D1 mini) and MFRC522

ESP8266 (D1 mini)	MFRC522
D4	RST
D5	SCK
D6	MISO
D7	MOSI
D8	SDA
3V3	3.3V
G	GND

Flashing the firmware

1. Connect ESP8266 (D1 mini) to your computer via USB
2. Go to https://espressif.github.io/esptool-js/ using Chrome or Edge (Firefox does not support WebSerial)
3. Select Baudrate 921600 below Program
4. Click Connect button
5. Select serial port of connected ESP8266 (D1 mini)
6. Wait until connection process is completed

Output should look like:

esptool.js
Serial port WebSerial VendorID 0xXXXX ProductID 0xXXXX
Connecting....
Detecting chip type... ESP8266
Chip is ESP8266EX
Features: WiFi
Crystal is 26MHz
MAC: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
Uploading stub...
Running stub...
Stub running...
Changing baudrate to 921600
Changed

7. Change Flash Address to 0x0
8. Choose File Cyclone_vX.Y.Z.bin
9. Click Program button
10. Wait until flashing process is completed

Output should look like:

Warning: Image file at 0x0 doesn't look like an image file, so not changing any flash settings.
Compressed 4169728 bytes to 761690...
Writing at 0x0... (2%)
Writing at 0x5cee... (4%)
Writing at 0xbb8e... (6%)
Writing at 0x11981... (8%)
Writing at 0x17290... (10%)
Writing at 0x1d06e... (12%)
Writing at 0x22494... (14%)
Writing at 0x27cfa... (17%)
Writing at 0x2d0bd... (19%)
Writing at 0x32089... (21%)
Writing at 0x37174... (23%)
Writing at 0x3c97c... (25%)
Writing at 0x4202d... (27%)
Writing at 0x47417... (29%)
Writing at 0x4ca51... (31%)
Writing at 0x53209... (34%)
Writing at 0x58b49... (36%)
Writing at 0x303768... (38%)
Writing at 0x308f0a... (40%)
Writing at 0x30f00b... (42%)
Writing at 0x314bf3... (44%)
Writing at 0x31a927... (46%)
Writing at 0x3204a9... (48%)
Writing at 0x325d7e... (51%)
Writing at 0x32dde8... (53%)
Writing at 0x337744... (55%)
Writing at 0x33fbd5... (57%)
Writing at 0x349541... (59%)
Writing at 0x352d35... (61%)
Writing at 0x35cf77... (63%)
Writing at 0x367911... (65%)
Writing at 0x371b1b... (68%)
Writing at 0x37a54d... (70%)
Writing at 0x382fdc... (72%)
Writing at 0x38bbf1... (74%)
Writing at 0x394707... (76%)
Writing at 0x39cb42... (78%)
Writing at 0x3a5547... (80%)
Writing at 0x3ad9b5... (82%)
Writing at 0x3b58fa... (85%)
Writing at 0x3bdbcd... (87%)
Writing at 0x3c64f9... (89%)
Writing at 0x3d48bb... (91%)
Writing at 0x3e0bbe... (93%)
Writing at 0x3ea420... (95%)
Writing at 0x3f0b8b... (97%)
Writing at 0x3f6abf... (100%)
Wrote 4169728 bytes (761690 compressed) at 0x0 in 29.295 seconds.
Hash of data verified.
Leaving...

11. Click Disconnect button
12. Click Start below Console
13. Select serial port of connected ESP8266 (D1 mini)
14. Click Reset below Console

Output should look like:

Started!
Failed to open config file: /config.json
Setting AP (Access Point)…
AP IP address: 192.168.4.1

15. Flashing is now completed and the ESP8266 creates its own Access Point
16. Connect to the Cyclone Webinterface...

Connecting to the Cyclone Webinterface

1. Connect to Cyclone AP using password 12345678
2. Open your favorite browser and go to http://192.168.4.1
3. Cyclone Webinterface should show up now

Connect Cyclone to your local wifi network

1. Open Cyclone Webinterface
2. Click Settings tab
3. Enter SSID and Password of your local wifi network
4. Click Save & Restart button
5. A green popup appears Settings saved successfully. Restarting...
6. Cyclone now restarts and connects to your local wifi network
7. Open Cyclone Webinterface using the IP given by your local wifi network