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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: mclow85 on Wed, 08 August 2018, 07:03:21

Title: custom firmware keyboard and icue
Post by: mclow85 on Wed, 08 August 2018, 07:03:21

hi im planning on making a custom keyboard...

i was wondering if it is possible to copy the FW from a corsair strafe (or k63 etc) on to a custom build keyboard with the same arm processor?

i want my custom keyboard to show up in icue (corsair led controll software), shouldnt this be doable and the keyboard should show up as the fw used for example strafe k63 etc... ?
would be nice to have some real software support for icue on a custom led keyboard...

maybe somebody already modified a corsair fw to fit on a custom keyboard???

Title: Re: custom firmware keyboard and icue
Post by: algernon on Wed, 08 August 2018, 09:02:13

Nope, you can't do that. Not unless you pretty much replicate the keyboard. Even if the MCU is the same, the keys, wiring, and whatnot very likely aren't.

If you want to use the Corsair tools, you'll have to find (or implement) a firmware that supports the protocol. To the best of my knowledge, the protocol is not open, so this ain't going to be easy. Nevertheless, attempts (https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/2ij2um/corsair_k70_rgb_usb_protocol_reverse_engineering/) were made for reverse engineering it, so it is not completely hopeless.