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A collection of scripts to flash Tuya IoT devices to alternative firmwares

8 mentions on Hacker News by 8 people: 1 story, 7 comments · first 2019-11-29 · latest 2022-10-21

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  1. …off 0. Any device that requires installation of a phone app named "Smart Life" or "Tuya Smart". 1. https://github.com/ct-Open-Source/tuya-convert 2. https://github.com/tasmota
    comment by sangnoir · 2022-10-21 · in It was all downhill after the Cuecat
  2. …the OEM in applying security patches, it may be possible to flash them without opening them first. https://github.com/ct-Open-Source/tuya-convert#procedure
    comment by iicc · 2021-12-15 · in Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W external antenna mod
  3. https://github.com/ct-Open-Source/tuya-convert is useful for re-flashing some widely available smartplugs without opening them up. Then you can use MQTT or HTTP. Unfortunately some newer plugs are incompatible with the hack (different…
    comment by snthd · 2021-10-09 · in Automating My Air Conditioner
  4. …zigbee devices for lightbulbs. [0] https://esphome.io/ [1] https://github.com/arendst/Tasmota [2] https://github.com/ct-Open-Source/tuya-convert [3] https://templates.blakadder.com/index.html
    comment by danhor · 2021-03-22 · in The S in IoT is for Security
  5. I didn't try to run a command, I ran this exact script: https://github.com/ct-Open-Source/tuya-convert/blob/master/i... Actually you could be right - that script does run `python3` after apt-get'ing everything it needs. Anyway.. I didn't…
    comment by somehnguy · 2021-02-12 · in “I saw that you spun up an Ubuntu image in Azure”
  6. …doesn't work, so you have to resort to soldering pins to flash custom firmware onto these devices. https://github.com/ct-Open-Source/tuya-convert/issues/483 https://github.com/ct-Open-Source/tuya-convert/wiki/Collabor...
    comment by madjam002 · 2020-10-17 · in Cheap Electric Power Measurement: Repurposing a WiFi power plug
  7. …provide more and more copy+paste configurations for various hardware. [0] https://esphome.io/ [1] https://github.com/ct-Open-Source/tuya-convert [2] https://esphome-configs.io/
    comment by rb2k_ · 2019-11-29 · in Open-Source Home Automation