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Do you have plans to have an actual local application to do this? Chrome-only web tools are not sustainable and a deal breaker.
by green-salt 2y ago
Do you have plans to have an actual local application to do this? Chrome-only web tools are not sustainable and a deal breaker.
- KingOfCoders 2y ago[flagged]
- mynameisvlad 2y agoI mean it uses an experimental web standard, WebSerial. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Web_Serial_API https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Web_Serial_... Chrome just happens to be the only browser that supports it right now. It's not like it's using proprietary protocols that will never exist outside of Chrome.
- ryukafalz 2y agoThis is something I'm wondering about, because yeah - my ability to change the iron temperature (if not using the battery) shouldn't depend on iFixit's servers being online. I would at least hope that they document the protocol so that other people can write local applications to do it if not.
- qingcharles 2y agoProtocol here: https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/fixhub_serial_border.png https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/fixhub_seria...
- jamesgeck0 2y agoAs noted in the article, there's also a traditional serial interface.
- iosjunkie 2y agoIn that case, an Arduino + touch screen would be a nice little addon for this.