Case study

hydroshift2: reconstructing HydroShift II LCD-C USB control

hydroshift2 reconstructs direct USB control of the Lian Li HydroShift II LCD-C in a Rust library. It documents a DES-CBC command envelope and commands for JPEG and PNG display layers, brightness, rotation, pump and fan control, and TinyUZ-compressed RGB animations.

Targets: Protocol
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 2
Last commit: 2026-07-16
Language: Rust
License (GitHub): MIT

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Observed: Code and documentation observed; no download method or demo found.
Checked: 2026-11-08

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Rust 1.85+ and a HydroShift II LCD-C device; the author reports validation on the 360N with USB ID 1CBE:A021.
Prerequisites: Multi-frame RGB uploads use a bundled Windows x64 TinyUZ executable or a supplied TinyUZ CLI on other platforms.
License: MIT license for the Rust library and bundled TinyUZ executable.

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BibTeX

@misc{hydroshift2-case,
  title = {{hydroshift2: reconstructing HydroShift II LCD-C USB control}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/andyjusa/hydroshift2-rs}},
  url = {https://github.com/andyjusa/hydroshift2-rs},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/hydroshift2-case/}}
}

Plain text

hydroshift2: reconstructing HydroShift II LCD-C USB control. https://github.com/andyjusa/hydroshift2-rs (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/hydroshift2-case/

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README.md GitHub · andyjusa/hydroshift2-rs · Revision 5b5c95d