I made a 3D printed, Arduino-powered desk fan based around a 120mm Corsair QL120 ARGB fan after seeing Noctua's desk fan. I wanted something similar but with RGB. It is based around CorsairLightingProtocol so it syncs with OpenRGB but also has a knob to adjust fan speed and LED brightness directly. I made a video showing it off but if you prefer to read about it, I have project documentation and files (code, assembly instructions, and 3D models) on GitLab here:

https://gitlab.com/CalcProgrammer1/OpenRGBDeskFan

The 3D models are also on Thingiverse:

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6655697

I did an interview with Linux YouTuber and podcaster Brodie Robertson on his podcast Tech Over Tea! We talked about the origins of OpenRGB, the challenges we face with reverse engineering, and discuss the OpenPleb initiative. We also talked about some other miscellaneous Linux things.

After my previous video about the OpenPleb initiative, I wanted to actually demonstrate the process of reverse engineering and show some of the hurdles and pitfalls of trying to understand a protocol without any documentation. This is the second part where I complete the reverse engineering of the effect packet and implement the different modes in my OpenRGB controller.

This is not news, just wanted to pin the most recent release here on Lemmy. It released on November 28, 2022. The next release, 0.9, is still being worked on but as always you can try the latest pipeline build at https://openrgb.org/#pl for the latest supported devices and features.

It looks like the OpenPleb initiative, a joint effort from Level1Techs and Gamers Nexus to get manufacturers to be more open with their protocol and interface documentation, is working! Case vendor HYTE seems interested and said they're willing to send me some sample devices along with protocol documentation!

This is the first manufacturer I've seen comment on the OpenPleb initiative publicly.

I wanted to demonstrate the reverse engineering process we use to figure out how to talk to devices for OpenRGB so I made a video where I start reverse engineering the RGB on the new ASUS ROG Ally. I wanted viewers to get a feel for how confusing and time-consuming this can be, especially with the new OpenPleb initiative that is trying to get manufacturers to open up and provide protocol documentation that would render reverse engineering unnecessary.

I made this video discussing my thoughts on the OpenPleb initiative by Wendell of Level1Techs and Steve of Gamers Nexus. As the developer of OpenRGB, the OpenPleb initiative, which aims to work with hardware vendors to open up documentation for proprietary protocols used for consumer PC hardware, could be a massive boon for OpenRGB development as at the moment almost everything we add is reverse engineered. Having access to protocol documentation would improve the quality of our code and the efficiency in which we can release it.

For reference, I'd recommend watching Steve's original video here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKOtvOqa_vM&t=0s

I posted this on /r/hardware because Steve's video got a lot of traction there, but I wasn't necessarily happy about posting on Reddit, so here it is for Lemmy.