[New Device] Integrated Technology Express ITE Device (8291) keyboard
Name of device:
Integrated Technology Express ITE Device (8291) keyboard. ITE Device(8291) is integrated in widely-used Tongfang gaming laptop barebones:
- Tongfang GK5CN5Z / GK5CN6Z / GK5CQ7Z / GK5CP0Z (Barebone)
- Avell G1550 FOX, G1513 FOX-7, A65, A52 (BR reseller)
- Schenker XMG Neo 15 (DE reseller), Versions M18 & M19
- PCSpecialist Recoil II & III (UK reseller)
- Scan/3XS LG15 Vengeance Pro (UK reseller)
- Overpowered 15 and 15+ (US reseller, sold via Walmart)
- Monster Tulpar T5 (TR reseller)
- MECHREVO Deep Sea Ghost Z2 (CN reseller)
- Raionbook GS5 (IT reseller)
- Illegear Onyx (MY reseller)
- Hyperbook Pulsar Z15 (PL reseller)
- SMART7 Kallisto GX15D (PL reseller)
- Aftershock APEX 15 (SG reseller)
- Origin-PC EON15-S (USA, Asia, and AU/NZ reseller)
- Eluktronics Mech 15 G2 (US reseller)
- HIDevolution EVOC 16GK5 (US reseller)
- Obsidian GK5CP (PT reseller)
- Vulcan JinGang GTX Standard
Link to manufacturer's product page:
I am linking the product page of the laptop that I have - Overpowered 15. https://www.opowered.com/laptops/
Please select what type of device/interface the device uses:
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Motherboard (SMBus) -
Motherboard (USB) -
RAM (SMBus) -
GPU (I2C) -
External USB (Peripheral, lighting controller, etc) -
Internal USB (lighting controller, cooler, fan hub, etc) -
I don't know (we can help you determine this)
ID information:
VID: 048D
Please attach screenshots of the device's official control application here:
The screenshots I've attached are from Overpowered's Control Center. I am not certain about the control application from other vendors.

It supports per-key color customization, a mode to choose color effect during start up of laptop.
Please attach device captures here:
N/A
Extra info
According to discussion on Discord, the protocol seems to have been figured out already, the keyboard just needs a controller written for it. There are existing Github repos that might be useful:
- https://github.com/rodgomesc/avell-unofficial-control-center
- https://github.com/pobrn/ite8291r3-ctl
- https://github.com/petryx/avell-a52-lights (Portuguese)
- https://github.com/ederfmartins/rgb_keyboard (for rev 0.02 of the keyboard)
- (Maybe helpful) https://github.com/lKinderBueno/Rev.Center2-Keyboard
Edited by TheRogueZeta
