loopj

I’m James Smith, software engineer and entrepreneur with a British accent based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Currently having fun with hardware, software and reverse engineering. Formerly co-founder at Bugsnag, CTO at Heyzap.

I’m @loopj.com on Bluesky and I’m active on Discord.

Projects

WavePhoenix

Open-source implementation of the Nintendo WaveBird protocol using Silicon Labs Wireless Gecko SoCs

Short Stack

World’s smallest Nintendo Wii, using a trimmed motherboard and custom stacked PCBs

Home Assistant Vantage and aiovantage

Home Assistant integration and Python library for Vantage InFusion home automation controllers

Open RTS

Open implementation of the Somfy RTS shade control protocol for microcontrollers

Asynchronous Http Client for Android

Asynchronous callback-based HTTP client for Android used by Instagram, Pinterest, Trello and many other large apps.

jQuery Tokeninput

jQuery plugin for selecting multiple items from a predefined list, using autocompletion as you type to find each item. Used by Twitter and many other large sites.

jQuery Simple Slider

Unobtrusive jQuery plugin for selecting a value from a numerical range by simply dragging a slider.

Android Smart Image View

Drop-in replacement for Android’s standard ImageView which allows images to be loaded from URLs or the phone’s contact address book. Images are cached to memory and to disk for super fast loading.

Links

BitBuilt

Community for console portablizing enthusiasts.

Flashfire

My buddy Mackie’s store, sells essential console portablizing products, a sick HDMI to USB-C PCB module and more.