# Ajazz AK820 Pro: reconstructing keyboard lighting control on Linux

> Ajazz AK820 Pro Linux Software reconstructs lighting control for the Ajazz SONiX AK820 Pro keyboard from USB traffic captured with Wireshark and PCapUSB. It includes a PCAP packet parser and a Linux HID application; individual LED control, macros and LCD images remain planned.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Protocol
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-08
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/TaxMachine/ajazz-keyboard-software-linux>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/TaxMachine/ajazz-keyboard-software-linux/blob/b73b02bca2b73342f1772da39b75d80c9a891e5e/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/ajazz-keyboard-software-linux-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/ajazz-keyboard-software-linux-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/ajazz-keyboard-software-linux-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Linux, Ajazz SONiX AK820 Pro with VID 0x8009, CMake and hidapi.
- **Limits:** Individual LED control, macros and LCD image or GIF support remain unfinished.
- **License:** No licence file in the repository.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/TaxMachine/ajazz-keyboard-software-linux/blob/b73b02bca2b73342f1772da39b75d80c9a891e5e/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/TaxMachine/ajazz-keyboard-software-linux/blob/b73b02bca2b73342f1772da39b75d80c9a891e5e/CMakeLists.txt>

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