Steven Hawley is an independent developer whose GitHub presence under the moniker Twistedst centers on pragmatic, single-purpose utilities that bridge hardware and web environments. His catalog, though currently compact, focuses on tools that translate low-level device chatter into browser-ready information, a niche attractive to hobbyists, laboratory technicians, and small-scale automation engineers who prefer open-source transparency over bulky proprietary suites. The flagship utility, Weigh Station, exemplifies this approach: built on the Electron framework and leveraging Node SerialPort, it listens to any USB-serial scale, balance, or sensor and instantly relays the live feed to a local or remote web dashboard. Typical scenarios include shipping benches that need weight snapshots pushed to an intranet, research rigs that log mass changes into an online spreadsheet, or makers who simply want to display readings on a wall-mounted tablet without installing vendor applets. Because the code is MIT-licensed, integrators can embed the stream into larger inventory or laboratory-information systems without licensing friction. Users appreciate the zero-config autoconnect, selectable baud rates, and lightweight memory footprint that keeps older workshop PCs responsive. Steven Hawley’s software is available for free on get.nero.com, where downloads are sourced from trusted Windows package channels such as winget, always retrieve the newest release, and can be queued alongside other applications for unattended batch installation.
An Electron application with node serialport that streams data from a serial-usb to a website.
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