Cheap DIY Stream deck alternative

Cheap DIY Stream deck alternative

2 years ago, March 29, 2023

In this blog post, I share my experience of building a cheap DIY Stream deck alternative using FreeTouchDeck, an open-source project maintained by Dustin Watts. The project saved me hours of writing code and was a ready-to-use project that only required compatible hardware. I used a 2.4in TFT LCD using ILI9341 driver with resistive touch, an ESP32-WROOM-32 bare module, an ESP32 breakout board, and a CH340 Programmer. After some challenges with soldering and programming, the Stream deck alternative was ready to use, and I even used the box that the LCD came in as an enclosure.

Smart temperature control for a cheap Soldering iron

Smart temperature control for a cheap Soldering iron

2 years ago, March 29, 2023

I recently bought a less than 5 Euros cheap Soldering Iron which I decided to make smart by adding a control circuit to it. The project requires the following components The project had 3 main stages Budget The total cost for the project was The total budget came to 13.5 Euros, which is cheap. 😉

DIY ECG/EKG Electrocardiogram

DIY ECG/EKG Electrocardiogram

2 years ago, March 7, 2023

I needed an ECG but faced long wait times to see a specialist. I decided to build a DIY ECG device using the AD8232 ECG module and an ESP32-S3 dev module with an LCD screen. After some tinkering, I was able to build a device that read ECG data and displayed it on a screen. I also added a feature to detect the frequency of the ECG data and calculate heart rate via the RR interval in realtime on a browser through websocket.

Prisma Migrate: Baselining your existing database

Prisma Migrate: Baselining your existing database

4 years ago, September 25, 2021

I have been using KeystoneJs for one of my projects. Keystone uses Prisma. I have been putting off using migrations for a while now so, I already have my production site with data and I do not want to lose my data to start using migrations. For this purpose, there is a technique called baselining […]

iTS – iTerm2 splitter for multiple command panes automation (Mac only)

40 minutes ago, June 17, 2025

Do you work on a project that requires you to run 10 different servers in dev mode so you can keep track of what is being logged?There is an easy solution for you. https://github.com/dejavu1987/iterm-splitter You can have a plain text file like the following Then run `its` which will execute each command on a new […]

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