feat(firmware): ESP32-C6 target — Wi-Fi 6 / 802.15.4 / TWT / LP-core (ADR-110)

`firmware/esp32-csi-node` now builds for both `esp32s3` (existing
production) and `esp32c6` (new research / battery-seed target) from
the same source tree. ESP-IDF auto-applies `sdkconfig.defaults.esp32c6`
when the target is set to esp32c6; every C6 module is gated on
CONFIG_IDF_TARGET_ESP32C6 (or the SOC_WIFI_HE_SUPPORT capability) so
the S3 build path is byte-identical to today.

New modules (all #ifdef-gated, no-op stubs on S3):
- c6_twt.{h,c}      — iTWT wrapper, graceful AP-NACK fallback
- c6_timesync.{h,c} — 802.15.4 beacon-based mesh time-sync, EUI-64
                      leader election, c6_timesync_get_epoch_us()
- c6_lp_core.{h,c}  — wake-on-motion deep-sleep helper (ext1 path
                      this cut; real LP-core polling deferred)

ADR-018 frame extension:
- byte 18: PPDU type (0=HT/legacy, 1=HE-SU, 2=HE-MU, 3=HE-TB)
- byte 19: bandwidth + STBC + 802.15.4-sync-valid flags
- Magic 0xC5110001 unchanged — backwards compatible
- Dual-branch encoding handles both struct variants of
  wifi_pkt_rx_ctrl_t (legacy S3 / HE C6) per CONFIG_SOC_WIFI_HE_SUPPORT

Critical bug fixed during live witness collection (verified across 3
boards on COM6/COM9/COM12):
- c6_timesync.c read MAC into a 6-byte buffer and ran MAC-48->EUI-64
  conversion. But esp_read_mac(ESP_MAC_IEEE802154) returns 8 bytes
  already in EUI-64 form on C6 — code was double-inserting FFFE.
  Boot log was 206ef1fffefffe17, fix yields 206ef1fffe17278c which
  matches esptool's eFuse reading exactly.

Tooling:
- CI workflow (firmware-ci.yml) extended with c6-4mb matrix row +
  ADR-110 host-unit-test step
- Host unit tests for pure functions (mac48_to_eui64,
  eui64_bytes_to_u64, PPDU encoding both branches) — runs on Ubuntu CI
- Multi-board live-capture harness (test/capture-3board-experiment.py)
- Witness bundle script records SHA-256s for s3-adr110, c6-adr110, and
  s3-fair-adr110 (apples-to-apples) binary archives

Honest empirical findings (full report in docs/WITNESS-LOG-110.md):
- Verified live on 3 C6 boards: boot, 802.15.4 init w/ correct EUIs,
  WiFi STA reaching assoc->run on ruv.net, TWT setup attempted +
  gracefully NACKed (AP is 11n-only, TWT Responder:0), HE-MAC firmware
  loaded
- NOT verified (need 11ax AP / second-channel exp / INA meter):
  HE-LTF subcarrier expansion, TWT cadence determinism, ±100 µs sync
  alignment, 5 µA hibernation
- Bug found: leader election doesn't step down under live WiFi load —
  likely 2.4 GHz radio coex preemption (WiFi ch 5 vs 15.4 ch 15);
  follow-up task #30
- Apples-to-apples size: S3-no-display = 886 KB, C6 = 1003 KB
  (C6 is 13% LARGER for equivalent CSI features; the extra is the
  802.15.4 + OpenThread stack that S3 lacks)

Tracking: ruvnet/RuView#762

Co-Authored-By: claude-flow <ruv@ruv.net>
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@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ docker pull ruvnet/wifi-densepose:latest
docker run -p 3000:3000 ruvnet/wifi-densepose:latest
# Open http://localhost:3000
# Option 2: Live sensing with ESP32-S3 hardware ($9)
# Option 2a: Live sensing with ESP32-S3 hardware ($9)
# Flash firmware, provision WiFi, and start sensing:
python -m esptool --chip esp32s3 --port COM9 --baud 460800 \
write_flash 0x0 bootloader.bin 0x8000 partition-table.bin \
@@ -88,6 +88,16 @@ python -m esptool --chip esp32s3 --port COM9 --baud 460800 \
python firmware/esp32-csi-node/provision.py --port COM9 \
--ssid "YourWiFi" --password "secret" --target-ip 192.168.1.20
# Option 2b: WiFi 6 + 802.15.4 research sensing with ESP32-C6 ($6-10, ADR-110)
# Same csi-node firmware compiled for the C6 target — picks up the C6
# overlay (sdkconfig.defaults.esp32c6) automatically.
cd firmware/esp32-csi-node
idf.py set-target esp32c6 && idf.py build
idf.py -p COM6 flash
# C6 boot extras (vs S3): HE-LTF subcarrier tagging in ADR-018 bytes 18-19,
# 802.15.4 mesh time-sync on channel 15, TWT setup when the AP supports it,
# opt-in LP-core wake-on-motion for ~5 µA battery seed nodes.
# Option 3: Full system with Cognitum Seed ($140)
# ESP32 streams CSI → bridge forwards to Seed for persistent storage + kNN + witness chain
node scripts/rf-scan.js --port 5006 # Live RF room scan
@@ -103,7 +113,8 @@ node scripts/mincut-person-counter.js --port 5006 # Correct person counting
> | Option | Hardware | Cost | Full CSI | Capabilities |
> |--------|----------|------|----------|-------------|
> | **ESP32 + Cognitum Seed** (recommended) | ESP32-S3 + [Cognitum Seed](https://cognitum.one) | ~$140 | Yes | Presence, motion, breathing, heart rate, fall detection, multi-person counting, 17-keypoint pose (signed Cog binary), 105-cog catalog, persistent vector store, kNN search, witness chain, MCP proxy |
> | **ESP32 Mesh** | 3-6x ESP32-S3 + WiFi router | ~$54 | Yes | Same capabilities as above without the persistent-memory features |
> | **ESP32 Mesh** | 3-6× ESP32-S3 + WiFi router | ~$54 | Yes | Same capabilities as above without the persistent-memory features |
> | **ESP32-C6 research node** ([ADR-110](docs/adr/ADR-110-esp32-c6-firmware-extension.md)) | ESP32-C6-DevKit ($610) | ~$10 | Yes (Wi-Fi 6) | Same CSI pipeline as S3 **plus** HE-LTF subcarrier tagging (242 / HE20), 802.15.4 mesh time-sync for multi-node clock alignment without WiFi airtime, TWT-bounded deterministic CSI cadence, ~5 µA LP-core hibernation for battery seed nodes |
> | **Research NIC** | Intel 5300 / Atheros AR9580 | ~$50-100 | Yes | Full CSI with 3x3 MIMO |
> | **Any WiFi** | Windows, macOS, or Linux laptop | $0 | No | RSSI-only: coarse presence and motion (see [tutorial #36](https://github.com/ruvnet/RuView/issues/36)) |
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