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Claude Code hardware projects

Projects where the builder credits Claude Code or Claude: protocol reverse engineering, replacement firmware, drivers and local servers for hardware they own.

25 projects. The AI credit is what each builder states; the open-source work underneath is credited on every entry.

001

Respira

Brother SKiTCH PP1 embroidery machine · ai: claude code

Sends embroidery designs from a computer to the PP1 and shows machine status, offline, without the phone-app workflow. Built by Jan-Henrik Bruhn.

public repo
003

Clean Your TV

Android TV / Google TV sets · ai: claude code

Agent-guided debloat plus a simpler launcher for Android-based TVs. Inspects the device, takes backups, runs checks, and makes targeted changes per set instead of one script for all.

public repo
004

Arn0

Samsung Q70B (2022, Tizen 6.5) · ai: claude code

Custom home screen that puts the owner's apps and consoles first, driven by the normal remote. Developed in a browser preview, then moved to the TV.

experimental repo
006

Trifo Lucy local server

Trifo Lucy robot vacuum · ai: claude

The cloud went quiet, so an owner wrote a local server and browser UI. Cleaning, docking, suction, scheduling and status work.

experimental repo
007

Yotwo

Yoto Player, 2nd gen · ai: claude code

Replacement firmware that points the Yoto's physical controls at your own Audiobookshelf library. Optional NFC, local downloads.

public repo
008

SmartThings washer driver

Samsung WW10H9400EW washing machine · ai: claude

The old app workflow was discontinued. The owner wrote a SmartThings Edge driver that talks to the washer locally through a compatible hub.

public repo
009

pixma-rs

Canon G3010 scanner → macOS · ai: claude code

A Rust bridge from the G3010's scan protocol to something macOS understands. Scans from the usual Mac apps.

public repo
010

HP Laser on Apple Silicon

HP Laser 100-series printers · ai: claude code

A patched SpliX printing stack plus a USB helper gets HP Laser 100-series printers working on Apple Silicon Macs.

public repo
011

Hello Sense revival

Sense orb + Sleep Pill · ai: claude

Joseph Spurrier rebuilt a local stack for a dead sleep company's hardware: bedside orb, Sleep Pill and app, owner-run. Started from the company's own open-sourced code.

public write-up
012

Smarter Coffee for Home Assistant

Smarter Coffee Gen 1 · ai: claude code

Home Assistant integration with local control, status and Wi-Fi setup for a coffee machine whose app is obsolete.

public repo
014

Sommet

Older Suunto watches (Ambit 3, Traverse, Kailash) · ai: claude

Activities, routes, settings and training features for Suunto watches stranded when Movescount shut down.

public repo
015

Personal Sonos controller

Sonos Arc + system · ai: claude code

Browser controller with volume, sound presets, schedules and the shortcuts the owner uses daily.

public repo
017

OpticFilm 8200i on Linux

Plustek OpticFilm 8200i film scanner (GL128 revision, USB 07b3:1825) · ai: claude code

Christian Schaller wrote a Linux SANE backend for his Plustek film scanner: colour, gray, infrared and infrared dust removal, packaged for Fedora. He also built Negative Vibes, a GNOME app for scanning negatives and slides.

public repo
018

PlxNative

LG webOS TVs (in daily use on a 2019 LG set) · ai: claude code

GLinnik21's native Plex client for LG webOS TVs draws its interface on the GPU and plays video on the TV's own decoder. On his 2019 set the profile picker loads in about 3 seconds, against about 30 in the official app.

public repo
019

Walkman NW-A820 homebrew

Sony Walkman NW-A829, Japanese model (also NW-A826 / NW-A828) · ai: claude

manuaguirre9 built a homebrew player that boots alongside Sony's firmware: drag-and-drop music, 24-bit FLAC, Bluetooth headphones, podcasts over phone tethering and retro emulators. Deleting one folder restores the stock Walkman.

experimental repo
020

Bose SoundTouch revival

Bose SoundTouch 20 + M5Stack Atom Lite (ESP32) · ai: claude + chatgpt

Bose shut down the SoundTouch cloud in May 2026. Sergei Ponomarenko brought back internet radio and the six preset buttons with a small relay for the streams and ESP32 firmware that catches preset presses and replays them to the speaker.

public repo
022

Inkbird Bluetooth bridge

Inkbird INT-12-BW / INT-14-BW meat thermometer + ESP32 · ai: claude

Paul Faure documented his thermometer's Bluetooth protocol, including its authentication handshake, and built an ESPHome bridge that puts every probe and setting into Home Assistant.

public repo
024

EcoFlow DELTA 3 as a UPS

EcoFlow DELTA 3 power station + Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W · ai: claude

alanstrok made his power station act as a standard NUT UPS server over Bluetooth, so Unraid, Synology and other NUT clients shut down cleanly on low battery. No EcoFlow cloud.

public repo
025

Audeze Maxwell parametric EQ

Audeze Maxwell gaming headset (PlayStation version) · ai: claude code

Aquaspaces writes a full parametric EQ, up to 10 filters, into the headset's own custom preset slots. It stays on the headset over the dongle, USB-C and Bluetooth, with no firmware flash.

public repo
026

Norman shutters for Home Assistant

Norman PerfectTilt motorised plantation shutters + Norman hub · ai: claude code

Tom Wilkie built a Home Assistant integration and Python client for his shutters: open or closed, tilt angle and battery, with the hub found automatically on the network.

public repo
027

Dell webcam and Elgato light on Linux

Dell UltraSharp Webcam 4K (WB7022) and Elgato Key Light · ai: claude

Christian Schaller rebuilt Dell's Windows-only webcam settings app for Linux, integrated with PipeWire, and wrote a GNOME Shell extension with a settings app for his Elgato Key Light.

public write-up
028

ftape, modernised

QIC-80 floppy-controller and parallel-port tape drives · ai: claude code

Dmitry Brant brought the 25-year-old Linux ftape driver up to date as a loadable module, so his old tape drives run on Xubuntu 24.04 for data recovery instead of a CentOS 3.5 machine.

public write-up
029

FreeDSP Studio

Moondrop DUSK-SP USB-C DSP cable (also MAY, FreeDSP and other Walkplay-chip dongles) · ai: claude code

EffectiveEquivalent's desktop EQ editor writes straight to the cable's onboard DSP over USB. It gives fractional-dB gain where the stock app shows whole dB, and adds a preamp.

public repo
030

TR-8S Studio

Roland TR-8S drum machine (firmware 2.51), on Linux · ai: claude code

ideaCompany's web studio talks to the TR-8S over its reverse-engineered SysEx protocol, mirrors the machine live, and includes an assistant that builds grooves on the hardware using your own Claude subscription.

public repo
031

XZ Mods

Pioneer DJ XDJ-XZ controller · ai: codex + claude code

OpticMystic's custom firmware loads into RAM from a USB stick and adds stems playback and UI themes to the XDJ-XZ. A power cycle returns it to stock.

experimental repo