# Better RGB: reconstructing the Tongfang/ITE8291 keyboard lighting protocol

> Better RGB reconstructs the USB HID lighting protocol of Tongfang laptops with an ITE8291 keyboard controller and implements a Windows per-key RGB client. The author describes comparing vendor-software captures with visible lighting changes to identify feature-report commands, output-report buffers and key offsets.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Protocol
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-08
- Original resource: <https://github.com/EpicYamo/BetterRGB>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/EpicYamo/BetterRGB/blob/fd47ee8a3120165d3544c4b6a4c4ed1d1d4c04a7/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/better-rgb-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/better-rgb-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/better-rgb-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** A Tongfang/ITE8291 keyboard with the documented USB HID interface and Windows.
- **Prerequisites:** Building requires MSYS2 with mingw-w64, CMake and Ninja.
- **License:** MIT license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/EpicYamo/BetterRGB/blob/fd47ee8a3120165d3544c4b6a4c4ed1d1d4c04a7/README.md>

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