# PFES-009 — Project Domain and Current Focus

## Domain

Project Frankenstein is focused on optical-drive firmware, the media systems
upon which optical-drive firmware operates, and the hardware/tooling required
to acquire, validate, emulate, preserve, and recover those systems.

It is not a general firmware-engineering project, although many methods may
transfer to other embedded systems.

## Current engineering focus

Current engineering emphasizes:

- Panasonic MN103S-based HLDS optical drives;
- original Xbox optical-drive firmware behavior;
- firmware capability engineering;
- optical-media acquisition and representation;
- firmware emulation;
- analyzer-chain refinement;
- firmware and media validation;
- recipient-firmware compatibility analysis;
- controlled MN103S optical-drive recovery hardware.

## Project expansion rule

A new workstream enters the domain through PFES-ENG-045 project admission.
Architecture or tooling relevance alone does not automatically create a new
repository or expand current technical claims.

## Future expansion

Future engineering may incorporate additional optical-drive controller
architectures and firmware ecosystems, including MediaTek, Lite-On, Hitachi,
Renesas, and others. Each expansion requires a bounded project and explicit
source-authority decision.
