{
  "added_at": "2026-11-08",
  "additional_evidence_urls": [
    "https://github.com/LXK-98/ipod-classic-reverse-engineering/blob/6ea3658f338c052cf6d8322e998857be882d4f77/docs/PROTOCOL.md"
  ],
  "category": "reconstruction-cases",
  "class": "hardware",
  "description_en": "The iPod Classic LCD investigation maps the 34-pin display connector and decodes its 18-lane RGB666, 8080-series bus using logic-analyser captures and electrical measurements. It documents command framing, initialization, power sequencing and pixel timing, and includes Python tools to decode captures and reconstruct screen images.",
  "description_zh": "iPod Classic LCD 研究通过逻辑分析仪采集和电气测量，绘制 34 针显示屏接口，并解析 18 线 RGB666、8080 式总线。文档覆盖命令传输、初始化、上电时序和像素传输时间；Python 工具可解码采集数据并重建屏幕图像。",
  "entry_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/ipod-classic-lcd-protocol-case/",
  "entry_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/ipod-classic-lcd-protocol-case/",
  "evidence_class": 2,
  "evidence_status": "observed",
  "evidence_url": "https://github.com/LXK-98/ipod-classic-reverse-engineering/blob/6ea3658f338c052cf6d8322e998857be882d4f77/README.md",
  "group": "cases",
  "id": "ipod-classic-lcd-protocol-case",
  "json_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/ipod-classic-lcd-protocol-case/record.json",
  "kind": "case-study",
  "markdown_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/ipod-classic-lcd-protocol-case/index.md",
  "markdown_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/ipod-classic-lcd-protocol-case/index.md",
  "name": "iPod Classic LCD: recovering the display pinout and bus protocol",
  "name_zh": "iPod Classic LCD：还原显示屏引脚与总线协议",
  "record_type": "resource",
  "relationship": "independent-reconstruction",
  "requirement_facets": [
    "scope",
    "prerequisites",
    "limits",
    "license"
  ],
  "requirements": [
    "The documented unit is the 2009 thin iPod Classic 160 GB, model A1238, with its type 2 LCD.",
    "New captures require a logic analyser and the separately obtained gusmanb LogicAnalyzer binaries.",
    "The RGB666 pair test and the exact assignment of two control pins remain unresolved.",
    "MIT for the project's work; vendored Rockbox sources in refs/ are GPL v2."
  ],
  "requirements_zh": [
    "文档针对配备 type 2 LCD 的 2009 年款轻薄版 iPod Classic 160 GB，型号 A1238。",
    "重新采集数据需要逻辑分析仪及另行获取的 gusmanb LogicAnalyzer 程序。",
    "RGB666 成对信号测试及两个控制引脚的确切分配尚未解决。",
    "项目原创内容采用 MIT 许可证；refs/ 中附带的 Rockbox 源码采用 GPL v2。"
  ],
  "scope": "unknown",
  "targets": [
    "protocol"
  ],
  "url": "https://github.com/LXK-98/ipod-classic-reverse-engineering",
  "verification": "source-reviewed",
  "verified_at": "2026-11-06"
}