Serial Spotter – Because I’m Tired of Hunting COM Ports 😅
#firmware#python#serialport#windowsapp
Amal Mathew

Amal Mathew @0xlama

About: Amal – Tinkerer @ tinkererway.dev I work on fun and makes-sense projects — mostly born out of frustration (too pricey, too overrated, annoying ads, or missing features). I debug both code and life.

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Serial Spotter – Because I’m Tired of Hunting COM Ports 😅

Publish Date: Sep 20
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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?

Yeah… that used to be me. As a firmware engineer, plugging in boards and chasing COM numbers was part of the daily grind—and honestly, pretty boring.

Meet Serial Spotter ⚡

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 boom—everything’s right there.

Need to refresh after a hardware change? Hit the keyboard shortcut and you’re done.

🛠 Tech Stack

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

🚀 Try It Out

🔗 Download: [https://tinkererway.dev/serialspotter]

💻 Source Code: [https://github.com/tinkererway/serialspotter]

Because life’s too short to keep staring at Device Manager. 😉

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