Matter-like standard for PC component control

[KeyringHardhat]

Wouldn’t it be incredible to see a standardised and agreed upon system of talking to RGB lights in components like fans and GPUs, as well as other features such as CPU screens and the like?

 

Interoperability is a foundation of custom builds, we all enjoy being able to have X brand RAM and Y brand GPU and Z brand motherboards. 

The bloat on machines with multiple brands like Corsair, MSI and others all wanting to bring their own flavour of controller is a little crazy to put it simply. 
 

Solutions like OpenRGB have made amazing strides to remove the need for custom software to make our rigs look the way we want them, but a unified standard to ensure the way we talk to those components is the same regardless of what we buy would be an incredible thing. 
 

I’ve recently started (another) project to try and apply the OpenRGB model to a couple of closed loop water coolers I have to see what exactly I can talk to and control through low level reverse engineering. But a standard would elevate this need and save me another half finished project

 

This thought was spurred on by a JayzTwoCents video released today, but this forum is full of likeminded people who would watch that content.