Case study

Redragon RGB Controller: reconstructing keyboard and mouse HID color commands

Redragon RGB Controller sends recovered USB HID commands to set colors on Redragon Kala keyboards and Griffin mice. The author describes capturing the vendor software's USB exchanges with Wireshark and USBPcap, identifying command sequences, and implementing them in a Node.js CLI using node-hid.

Targets: Protocol
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-08

Stars: 23
Last commit: 2021-07-22
Language: JavaScript
License (GitHub): MIT

GitHub data as of 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Node.js dependencies include node-hid.
Scope: The README lists Kala keyboard and Griffin mouse variants as tested devices.
Limits: Brightness and effect-type commands remain on the TODO list.
License: MIT.

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BibTeX

@misc{redragon-rgb-controller-case,
  title = {{Redragon RGB Controller: reconstructing keyboard and mouse HID color commands}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/LeandroSQ/redragon-rgb-controller}},
  url = {https://github.com/LeandroSQ/redragon-rgb-controller},
  urldate = {2026-11-08},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/redragon-rgb-controller-case/}}
}

Plain text

Redragon RGB Controller: reconstructing keyboard and mouse HID color commands. https://github.com/LeandroSQ/redragon-rgb-controller (accessed 2026-11-08). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/redragon-rgb-controller-case/

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README.md GitHub · LeandroSQ/redragon-rgb-controller · Revision 3fbedc5