diff --git a/locales/en/messages.json b/locales/en/messages.json
index 692486ee88..8876851aea 100755
--- a/locales/en/messages.json
+++ b/locales/en/messages.json
@@ -956,6 +956,9 @@
     "initialSetupRSSIValue": {
         "message": "$1 dBm"
     },
+    "initialSetupMCU": {
+        "message": "MCU:"
+    },
     "initialSetupSensorHardware": {
         "message": "Sensors:"
     },
diff --git a/src/js/fc.js b/src/js/fc.js
index 4881865a92..f59d0d835d 100644
--- a/src/js/fc.js
+++ b/src/js/fc.js
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ const FC = {
     LED_MODE_COLORS: null,
     LED_STRIP: null,
     LED_CONFIG_VALUES: [],
+    MCU_INFO: null,
     MISC: null, // DEPRECATED
     MIXER_CONFIG: null,
     MODE_RANGES: null,
@@ -595,6 +596,11 @@ const FC = {
 
         this.SENSOR_CONFIG_ACTIVE = { gyro_hardware: 0, ...this.SENSOR_CONFIG };
 
+        this.MCU_INFO = {
+            id: 0,
+            name: 0,
+        };
+
         this.RX_CONFIG = {
             serialrx_provider: 0,
             stick_max: 0,
@@ -868,36 +874,6 @@ const FC = {
         this.CONFIG.hardwareName = name;
     },
 
-    MCU_TYPES: {
-        0: "SIMULATOR",
-        1: "F40X",
-        2: "F411",
-        3: "F446",
-        4: "F722",
-        5: "F745",
-        6: "F746",
-        7: "F765",
-        8: "H750",
-        9: "H743_REV_UNKNOWN",
-        10: "H743_REV_Y",
-        11: "H743_REV_X",
-        12: "H743_REV_V",
-        13: "H7A3",
-        14: "H723_725",
-        15: "G474",
-        16: "H730",
-        17: "AT32F435G",
-        18: "APM32F405",
-        19: "APM32F407",
-        20: "AT32F435M",
-        21: "RP2350B",
-        255: "Unknown MCU",
-    },
-
-    getMcuType() {
-        return this.MCU_TYPES[this.CONFIG.mcuTypeId];
-    },
-
     CONFIGURATION_STATES: {
         DEFAULTS_BARE: 0,
         DEFAULTS_CUSTOM: 1,
diff --git a/src/js/msp/MSPCodes.js b/src/js/msp/MSPCodes.js
index b4214e1317..93ece85aee 100644
--- a/src/js/msp/MSPCodes.js
+++ b/src/js/msp/MSPCodes.js
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ const MSPCodes = {
     MSP2_GET_LED_STRIP_CONFIG_VALUES: 0x3008,
     MSP2_SET_LED_STRIP_CONFIG_VALUES: 0x3009,
     MSP2_SENSOR_CONFIG_ACTIVE: 0x300a,
+    MSP2_MCU_INFO: 0x300c,
 
     // MSP2_GET_TEXT and MSP2_SET_TEXT variable types
     PILOT_NAME: 1,
diff --git a/src/js/msp/MSPHelper.js b/src/js/msp/MSPHelper.js
index 8aea533504..c6733c665e 100644
--- a/src/js/msp/MSPHelper.js
+++ b/src/js/msp/MSPHelper.js
@@ -1219,6 +1219,14 @@ MspHelper.prototype.process_data = function (dataHandler) {
                         FC.SENSOR_CONFIG_ACTIVE.sonar_hardware = data.readU8();
                     }
                     break;
+                case MSPCodes.MSP2_MCU_INFO:
+                    if (semver.gte(FC.CONFIG.apiVersion, API_VERSION_1_47)) {
+                        FC.MCU_INFO = {
+                            id: data.readU8(),
+                            name: self.getText(data),
+                        };
+                    }
+                    break;
 
                 case MSPCodes.MSP_LED_STRIP_CONFIG:
                     FC.LED_STRIP = [];
diff --git a/src/js/serial_backend.js b/src/js/serial_backend.js
index cfc81deeac..19138b8dce 100644
--- a/src/js/serial_backend.js
+++ b/src/js/serial_backend.js
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ function processBoardInfo() {
         apiVersion: FC.CONFIG.apiVersion,
         flightControllerVersion: FC.CONFIG.flightControllerVersion,
         flightControllerIdentifier: FC.CONFIG.flightControllerIdentifier,
-        mcu: FC.getMcuType(),
+        mcu: FC.CONFIG.targetName,
     });
 }
 
diff --git a/src/js/tabs/setup.js b/src/js/tabs/setup.js
index 870c4ac39b..8a127a4c3d 100644
--- a/src/js/tabs/setup.js
+++ b/src/js/tabs/setup.js
@@ -25,7 +25,11 @@ setup.initialize = function (callback) {
     }
 
     function load_status() {
-        MSP.send_message(MSPCodes.MSP_STATUS_EX, false, false, load_mixer_config);
+        MSP.send_message(MSPCodes.MSP_STATUS_EX, false, false, mcu_info);
+    }
+
+    function mcu_info() {
+        MSP.send_message(MSPCodes.MSP2_MCU_INFO, false, false, load_mixer_config);
     }
 
     function load_mixer_config() {
@@ -195,6 +199,8 @@ setup.initialize = function (callback) {
             pitch_e = $("dd.pitch"),
             heading_e = $("dd.heading"),
             sonar_e = $(".sonarAltitude"),
+            // MCU info
+            mcu_e = $(".mcu"),
             // Sensor info
             sensor_gyro_e = $(".sensor_gyro_hw"),
             sensor_acc_e = $(".sensor_acc_hw"),
@@ -602,6 +608,12 @@ setup.initialize = function (callback) {
                 cputemp_e.text(i18n.getMessage("initialSetupCpuTempNotSupported"));
             }
 
+            if (semver.gte(FC.CONFIG.apiVersion, API_VERSION_1_47)) {
+                mcu_e.text(FC.MCU_INFO.name);
+            } else {
+                mcu_e.parent().hide();
+            }
+
             // GPS info is acquired in the background using update_live_status() in serial_backend.js
             gpsFix_e.text(FC.GPS_DATA.fix ? i18n.getMessage("gpsFixTrue") : i18n.getMessage("gpsFixFalse"));
             gpsFix_e.toggleClass("ready", FC.GPS_DATA.fix != 0);
diff --git a/src/tabs/setup.html b/src/tabs/setup.html
index a86d502daf..9348c4e304 100644
--- a/src/tabs/setup.html
+++ b/src/tabs/setup.html
@@ -163,6 +163,10 @@
                                 <td i18n="initialSetupRSSI"></td>
                                 <td class="rssi">0 %</td>
                             </tr>
+                            <tr>
+                                <td id="mcu" i18n="initialSetupMCU"></td>
+                                <td class="mcu"></td>
+                            </tr>
                             <tr>
                                 <td id="cpu-temp" i18n="initialSetupCpuTemp"></td>
                                 <td class="cpu-temp">0 &#8451;</td>