Many moons ago, Itead sent me one of their T1UK wall switches. As it had a neutral connection, I put it to one side as our wiring like many other UK homes does not bring neutral to thewall switch. Today the Sonof T4EU1C was brought to my attention as a…
Blog Improvements
In csae anyone has noticed the blog slowing down recently I’ve been hammering away at my blog service provider who advised me to get WP-OPTIMISE – and I’m now using a licenced version of that on the site. There are countless images in here so you can imagine that any…
LED LAMPS
I’ve bought MANY LED lamps over the years as we use them exclusively throughout the house and my office. There was as time I didn’t know any better and bought them from B&Q (don’t EVER do that – I CRINGE when I see first time buyers going there for lighting)…
Node Red Dashboard Template Buttons Updated
Given a Node-Red flow – just an empty one for testing if you like…… add these two template nodes – the first is some CSS and JS which you can use for any buttons on the page – the second depicts test buttons without and with images. Sizes and colours…
November Quickie – Stress – TDM and ESP-GO
A few simples notes on probably my pet project and also some work that Antonio and I have been doing recently including a quick stress test for the Pi4, for those concerned about heat… remember I wrote about a combined heatsink/case? With this: sudo apt-get install stresswhile true; do vcgencmd…
Gorilla Heavy Duty Mounting Tape
No, this is not an ad, nothing of the kind, nor do I know ANYONE at Gorilla nor their distributors – though I SHOULD. For many years and like, no doubt, many of my subscribers, I’ve been struggling with mounting USB hubs, cameras and mains extensions on walls and shelves…
Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Smartphone
More precisely called the Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Global Version Smartphone this wonderful new phone arrived yesterday via Banggood – and Maureen could not be happier. Wonderful – because though lovely and reliable, her little, inexpensive Cubot X19 is not in the same league as the Note 8, which has…
WiFi GPS Dual Lens Car DVR Camera
To give it the full title – T692C 2.0 Inch 1080P FHD WiFi GPS Dual Lens Car DVR Camera I just received this little number… and rather than the usual pretty stock photos here are some REAL photos to start the ball rolling. Out of the box I fitted an…
Solar Wireless Car TPMS Monitor
This device – advertised as a Car Solar Wireless TPMS Tyre Tyre Pressure Monitor has turned out to be wonderful. See the photo of the device sitting on my car dash (2 brackets and an adhesive pad supplied – I used the latter) which also comes complete with manual and…
Amazfit Stratos Smartwatch
Up to now, apart from my Samsung Gear, regular readers will have only seen me ranting about low-cost smartbands and will know that my all time favourite up to now is the Xiaomi Mi4. Well, today I’m moving upmarket a little, heading back towards the likes of the Gear and…
Teckin SP23 Smart Socket + Tuya-Convert
I recently wrote (in here) about the Teckin SP23 (for British plugs and sockets) Smart Socket and commented that whether this ends well or not will depend on the company. Well, they’ve just written back to me (Nov 4, 2019). It would seem they have binned power monitoring on this…
RIDEN RD6006 DC Variable Power Supply
This product from Ruideng (no idea why the panel says RIDEN) , a LOVELY 60V, 6A variable power supply arrived today in kit form (their best looking product to date) and I’ve had a great afternoon putting this together with nothing more than a screwdriver and a pair of pliers.…