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| author | Danilo M. <danix@danix.xyz> | 2026-10-02 20:34:45 +0200 |
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| committer | Danilo M. <danix@danix.xyz> | 2026-10-02 20:34:45 +0200 |
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Add ak820-upload: AK820 Pro screen uploader over hidraw
Std-only Rust CLI. ffmpeg decodes any image/GIF/video to 128x128
RGB565LE frames; the upload follows a USB capture of the official
Windows software: report-ID-0 feature reports each followed by a
64-byte GET_REPORT, IMAGE sub 0x02 with chunk count, 4096-byte chunks
on interface 2 paced by the keyboard's acks on EP 0x84, then SAVE.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d5f5081 --- /dev/null +++ b/AGENTS.md @@ -0,0 +1,49 @@ +# AGENTS.md + +Guidance for AI coding agents working in this repository. + +## What this is + +`ak820-upload`: single-file Rust CLI (`src/main.rs`, std only, no crates) +that writes an animation to the AJAZZ AK820 Pro screen over Linux hidraw. +ffmpeg (subprocess) decodes any input to raw RGB565LE frames; the program +builds the payload and drives the upload. `README.md` documents the protocol. + +On the maintainer's machine the release binary is linked into PATH, so a +`cargo build --release` is live immediately: + + ~/bin/ak820-upload -> target/release/ak820-upload + +## Protocol facts (verified on hardware, do not "simplify" away) + +The protocol comes from a USB capture of the official Windows app. Earlier +attempts based on community projects (gohv, ajazz-ak820-config) failed in +instructive ways: + +- The 64-byte GET_REPORT after every SET_REPORT is required. Without it the + keyboard accepts the bytes and does nothing. A zero-length GET is rejected + by the kernel with EINVAL and never reaches the device. +- Control reports go out as report ID 0 with `04` as the first data byte + (`wValue 0x0300`), not report ID 4. +- IMAGE sub-command is `0x02`. Chunks are plain 4096 bytes, no filler or + short packet (gohv's 4123-byte chunks misalign every other chunk). +- Chunk acks arrive on endpoint 0x84, which belongs to interface 2 (the data + interface), not interface 3. Wait for each ack before the next chunk. +- Frame delay byte is in 2 ms units (app value 50 -> 0x19, 250 -> 0x7d). +- A still image is just a 1-frame animation; there is no separate path. + +Interfaces by `HID_PHYS` suffix: `/input2` = data (EP 0x03 OUT, 0x84 IN), +`/input3` = control. + +## Testing + +`cargo test` checks the packet and payload layout against the captured +bytes. `cargo clippy --release` must stay clean. A real check needs the +keyboard: upload a few distinct, numbered frames and watch them cycle on the +GIF page. If an upload is interrupted the keyboard shows "loading NN%"; +replug it before retrying. + +## Repo facts + +- License: GPL-2.0-only (`LICENSE`, SPDX header in `src/main.rs`). +- Companion repo: `video2ak820` (bash, video to GIF). |
