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Amal Mathew
Amal Mathew

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Serial Spotter โ€“ Because Iโ€™m Tired of Hunting COM Ports ๐Ÿ˜…

Are you the kind of person who keeps Device Manager open just to check which serial (COM) port your board decided to grab this time?

Yeahโ€ฆ that used to be me. As a firmware engineer, plugging in boards and chasing COM numbers was part of the daily grindโ€”and honestly, pretty boring.

Meet Serial Spotter โšก

serial_spotter

I built a tiny Windows app that instantly lists every connected serial port along with all the juicy details:

  • COM number
  • USB VID:PID
  • Device Serial info

Just launch the app and boomโ€”everythingโ€™s right there.

Need to refresh after a hardware change? Hit the keyboard shortcut and youโ€™re done.


๐Ÿ›  Tech Stack

  • Python + Kivy framework
  • Packaged for Windows 7/8/10/11

๐Ÿš€ Try It Out

๐Ÿ”— Download: [https://tinkererway.dev/serialspotter]

๐Ÿ’ป Source Code: [https://github.com/tinkererway/serialspotter]


Because lifeโ€™s too short to keep staring at Device Manager. ๐Ÿ˜‰

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