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Reverse-engineered gen 1 Apple TV remote

A developer reverse-engineered the gen 1 Apple TV remote in ~45 minutes, enabling open-source Bluetooth control on Linux.

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  • Alex Zfunk reverse engineered the gen 1 Apple TV remote in about 45 minutes.
  • The remote runs on Linux over Bluetooth and the project is open source.
  • The author describes the pre-decoding output as missing bits, total jibberish, coughing baby.

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alex funk @alexzfunk 569 followers

yeah, software is kinda solved. i reverse engineered gen 1 apple tv remote in ~45 minutes? it runs on linux over bluetooth, open source https://t.co/6dqou2TpVZ https://t.co/kxqdU6o22G
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