from Mohammed Ashad
e-lab
innovations.
Learn·Innovate·Share
Exploring the intersection of hardware and software to create innovative solutions for tomorrow's challenges. A maker's notebook — long-form writing, weekend builds, and small useful apps.
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4
live apps
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readers/mo
10 yrs
tinkering
// recent writings
view archive From the notebook
Long-form posts on hardware projects, software craft, and the surprisingly fuzzy line between them.
Software
Building Clipix, a Clipy-style clipboard manager for GNOME
I missed Windows clipboard history on Linux, tried every manager I could find, then spent a weekend building my own GNOME extension.
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Hardware
Building a USB display from a salvaged smartwatch LCD
2 Mbps of UART proved software USB was pointless. Then came an RP2040, a DMA rewrite, and a colour bug I could not see.
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Hardware
Turning a ₹249 Smartwatch Into a DIY AirTag Tracker
I lost my wallet on a night bus, so I turned a hacked ₹249 smartwatch into an Apple FindMy tracker and built my own app to follow it.
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Hardware
Hacking a ₹249 Smartwatch: Custom Firmware on TLSR8232
A bike navigation idea led me to reverse engineer a ₹249 smartwatch, crack its SWire debug port, and flash my own firmware on it.
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Software
Reverse Engineering MoYoung Watch Faces in the Browser
A gifted Porodo watch, no SDK, and a binary format nobody documented. How I ended up writing a watch face editor.
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Blog
How I Built an HLS Streaming Stack on Shared Hosting
Can shared hosting stream HLS? I built a browser-powered HLS pipeline, measured its limits, and shared the lessons learned.
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// shipping
view all apps Live apps & tools
Small, focused software I've built and put online. All open-source or freely usable — no accounts unless you really need one.
Dafit Canvas
web
Browser-based visual editor for designing smartwatch faces compatible with the Da Fit / MoYoung ecosystem.
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// snapshots
full journal From the workbench
A loose photo journal — builds in progress, soldering iron at 2 AM, the occasional walk to clear my head.
// hi, I'm
Mohammed Ashad
Engineer · maker · technical writer
I split my time between embedded firmware, cross-platform apps, and the kind of weekend projects that take three weekends. This site is where I write everything down so I don't have to remember it twice, and so you don't have to figure it out the hard way.