Case study

Tenx USB Missile Launcher: reconstructing USB control commands

The Tenx USB Missile Launcher controller implements movement and firing commands in PureBasic for a specific USB device. Its protocol reference documents two eight-byte headers and a 64-byte payload sent across two interfaces with a nonstandard control-transfer value.

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

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Last commit: 2026-06-22
Language: PureBasic

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

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

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Windows, a Tenx launcher with VID 0x1130 and PID 0x0202, and libusb-win32 with a device-specific filter.
Prerequisites: PureBasic 6.40 x64 was used for the documented build.
License: Custom Non-Commercial License; attribution is required and commercial use requires written permission.

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BibTeX

@misc{tenx-usb-missile-launcher-case,
  title = {{Tenx USB Missile Launcher: reconstructing USB control commands}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/CheshirCa/Controller-for-the-USB-Missile-Launcher}},
  url = {https://github.com/CheshirCa/Controller-for-the-USB-Missile-Launcher},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/tenx-usb-missile-launcher-case/}}
}

Plain text

Tenx USB Missile Launcher: reconstructing USB control commands. https://github.com/CheshirCa/Controller-for-the-USB-Missile-Launcher (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/tenx-usb-missile-launcher-case/

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Primary sources

missile_protocol.md GitHub · CheshirCa/Controller-for-the-USB-Missile-Launcher · Revision 7dd4fbb
README.md GitHub · CheshirCa/Controller-for-the-USB-Missile-Launcher · Revision 7dd4fbb
LICENSE GitHub · CheshirCa/Controller-for-the-USB-Missile-Launcher · Revision 7dd4fbb