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 A small ESP32 dashboard I made for my desk to keep an eye on Claude Code usage.
 
-It runs on a [Waveshare ESP32-S3-Touch-AMOLED-2.16](https://www.waveshare.com/esp32-s3-touch-amoled-2.16.htm?&aff_id=149786) and pairs with my laptop over Bluetooth, the splash screen plays pixel-art Clawd animations that get
+It runs on a [Waveshare ESP32-S3-Touch-AMOLED-2.16](https://www.waveshare.com/esp32-s3-touch-amoled-2.16.htm?&aff_id=149786) as well as a few other alternative boards and pairs over Bluetooth, the splash screen plays pixel-art Clawd animations that get
 busier when your usage rate climbs. The two side buttons send Space and
 Shift+Tab over BLE HID for Claude Code's voice mode and mode-toggle shortcuts.
 
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 - [Waveshare ESP32-C6-Touch-AMOLED-2.16](https://www.waveshare.com/esp32-c6-touch-amoled-2.16.htm?&aff_id=149786) 
 - [Waveshare ESP32-S3-Touch-AMOLED-1.8](https://www.waveshare.com/esp32-s3-touch-amoled-1.8.htm?&aff_id=149786)
 
+Please check if a pull request exists for your alternative hardware port before opening a new one, providing QA feedback and testing on the same hardware is more valuable than duplicate pull requests.
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 **Porting to another board:** the firmware is a thin HAL with per-board folders under `firmware/src/boards/`. Drop in a new folder and a new PlatformIO env — `main.cpp`, `ui.cpp`, and `splash.cpp` never need to change. See [`docs/porting/adding-a-board.md`](docs/porting/adding-a-board.md) for the walk-through and [`docs/porting/hal-contract.md`](docs/porting/hal-contract.md) for the interfaces a port must implement.
 
 ## Prerequisites