# 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.

- 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/andyjusa/hydroshift2-rs>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/andyjusa/hydroshift2-rs/blob/5b5c95d68d264fca0ddd642f61b5fc4d43481c3a/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/hydroshift2-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/hydroshift2-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/hydroshift2-case/index.md)

## 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.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/andyjusa/hydroshift2-rs/blob/5b5c95d68d264fca0ddd642f61b5fc4d43481c3a/README.md>

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