Costco Feit Smart Dimmer Tuya Convert Tasmota

You didn’t really, but I did feel the need to set the record straight concerning my skills and why I’m proposing this method.

As for doing it my way, I finally had a free minute to do it today, and it works / flashes just fine. I can’t express how easy it is to remove the TYWE2S cover… seriously I can remove it faster than the time it takes for your heat gun to warm up. Also the 2 traces just need 1 trace just needs to be finely cut… nothing drastic that will require jumper wire, but that is an option if someone damages them. Here’s a couple pre, during, and post cuts on my board:




Updated pics to show single cut

That’s it. Scrape scrape, cut cut, flash, and solder solder… that’s all the “super fine soldering job” one needs to do. The hardest part, if you will, was holding my grounded test lead to the ESP’s pin 15 GPIO0 for a couple seconds. Again you’re just briefly touching a ground to the above pin during power on to get the ESP chip into flashing mode. You DO NOT need to solder anything to the ESP chip / TYWE2S module! If someone doesn’t have a fine point test lead (or can’t find it like my dumb butt couldn’t), you can make a very functional ghetto one with some fine wire, a sewing needle, and some electrical tape. Here’s a pic of that ghetto setup :stuck_out_tongue:

I do recommend a good magnifying visor, glass, or scope though as it is a pretty fine / small pin leg on the ESP chip. But that’s it… a couple seconds on the ESP pin while the Mrs. plugged in the USB, and it was Tasmotising away! :slight_smile:

Updated post to reflect single Tuya MCU TX to TYWE2S RX trace cut.

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