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Worx WX240 4V USB Mini Screwdriver

April 20, 2021April 20, 2021 Peter ScargillGeneralLeave a Comment on Worx WX240 4V USB Mini Screwdriver
Worx Lithium Screwdriver

What’s exciting about a Lithium screwdriver? Basically not a lot, but if Banggood had simply wanted to send me the bits – I’d have had them… you can never have too many screwdriver bits. Anyway, the Worx WX240 4V USB Mini Screwdriver certainly ticks the right boxes – as usual…

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Blitzwolf BW-SHC3 PTZ 1080P Outdoor Camera

April 20, 2021April 20, 2021 Peter ScargillGeneralLeave a Comment on Blitzwolf BW-SHC3 PTZ 1080P Outdoor Camera

To give this camera its full title, it is the Blitzwolf BW-SHC3 PTZ 1080P Outdoor IP Security Camera. And yes, that’s a link to Banggood – full technical spec therein 🙂 If you are interested, you may have just read my short review of the Imou outdoor camera, which while…

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Imou Bullet 2C Camera Motion Detection Camera

April 19, 2021April 20, 2021 Peter ScargillGeneral3 Comments on Imou Bullet 2C Camera Motion Detection Camera

I received this camera directly from Imou some weeks ago and initially dismissed it. I could find no information on how to get it to work outside of its own APP, nor how to get it to work on hardwired network – and the WiFi connection was not reliable. But…

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SQLITE3 Raspberry Pi Problems and Solutions?

April 19, 2021April 19, 2021 Peter Scargillnode-red, sqlite, sqlite329 Comments on SQLITE3 Raspberry Pi Problems and Solutions?
SQLITE3 on Node-Red on Raspberry Pi

If like me, upgrading Node-Red (in my case on Raspberry Pi) is often problematic – then it may well be worthwhile reading this update – at last solving a long-lasting issue including SQLITE and other installs which rely on NodeJS. If you regularly upgrade a Node-Red installation which makes use…

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Rock T20 Universal Multi-function Dual USB Socket

April 16, 2021April 19, 2021 Peter ScargillGeneral3 Comments on Rock T20 Universal Multi-function Dual USB Socket
Rock T20

The Rock T20 is a travel socket with a difference (info in the link but as Steve below in the comments says, this is now discontinued on the Banggood site even days after I received mine – a shame as it is a nice adaptor and they don’t seem to…

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ESCAM QF288 1080p WiFi IP Camera

April 15, 2021April 16, 2021 Peter ScargillGeneral3 Comments on ESCAM QF288 1080p WiFi IP Camera

Reader Paul Richarson wrote a comment in an earlier camera blog of mine which triggered me to get hold of an ESCAM QF288 1080P WiFi IP Camera from Banggood as he suspected the camera is 3* optical zoom, not 8* optical zoom…. and he’s right – the ads claim 8x…

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Huawei Band 6 v Xiaomi Mi Band 6

April 15, 2021April 15, 2021 Peter ScargillGeneral2 Comments on Huawei Band 6 v Xiaomi Mi Band 6

Too early to do a review – it seems that AliExpress will have the new Huawei Band 6 (GLOBAL) this week to I’m guessing that means we outside of China won’t be able to actually get one for maybe 3 weeks – and I’ve seen nothing yet about the Xiaomi…

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Seeed WIO Terminal and Battery Pack

April 14, 2021April 14, 2021 Peter ScargillGeneral2 Comments on Seeed WIO Terminal and Battery Pack
WIO Terminal and battery pack

Some time ago I received a Wio terminal from Seeed and I remember thinking “great, finally a decent colour display system, cased, with decent IO capability – but why didn’t they put a battery in it?”. Well, now they have – or rather they have brought out a plug-in battery…

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The CRICKET from ThingsOnEdge.COM

April 14, 2021April 14, 2021 Peter ScargillESP826631 Comments on The CRICKET from ThingsOnEdge.COM
thingsonedge.com

Of course we’ve all seen this form factor before – ESP8266 on a board with power and antenna, FLASH etc.. The ESP-12 is only one of many and now we have a new option – with a difference… also – this is an update of my late-2020 original blog. And…

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Mobile Hotspot thoughts and discussion

April 7, 2021April 19, 2021 Peter ScargillGeneral17 Comments on Mobile Hotspot thoughts and discussion

Until recently, doing away with my broadband supplier was an impossibility – and it may well still be impractical but I’m investigating possibilities – feedback is most welcome. So, to start the ball rolling, here in rural Southern Spain where we have NO landlines on the outskirts of our village…

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88VF Max Lithium One-Hand Chainsaw

April 7, 2021April 7, 2021 Peter ScargillChainsaw, General4 Comments on 88VF Max Lithium One-Hand Chainsaw

The exact unit I’m going to refer to is currently sold out but this Banggood link shows several similar chainsaws and includes an identical model. This is a cute gadget. Now I should point out that unlike larger models, this 88VF Electric Saw Cordless One-Hand Chain Saw (see link higher…

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Flsun® Q5 3D Printer Kit – Easy-Peasy

April 7, 2021April 7, 2021 Peter ScargillGeneralLeave a Comment on Flsun® Q5 3D Printer Kit – Easy-Peasy
FLSUN Q5

The FLSun Q5 printer kit from Banggood sounds on the surface like an all-day project (but it isn’t). If you have already assembled an SLA 3D printer, depending on your skill levels, you may know that this can be a treacherous task, which is one reason my first Tevo Tarantula…

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Tasmota upgrade inconsistencies ?

April 5, 2021April 5, 2021 Peter ScargillGeneral8 Comments on Tasmota upgrade inconsistencies ?
Tasmota

I wonder if any Tasmota fans out there have any thoughts on something I’ve pondered many times but never put into print until now? So… I just updated a smartbulb from Tasmota dev version v9.3.0.1 to v9.3.1.2 using the web OTA. My screen showed the usual OTA lag after the…

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ET8134 4.7-inch Large LCD Screen Smart True RMS Digital Multimeter

March 29, 2021March 29, 2021 Peter ScargillGeneral2 Comments on ET8134 4.7-inch Large LCD Screen Smart True RMS Digital Multimeter

Last week, I got an ET8134 4.7-inch Large LCD Screen Smart True RMS Digital Multimeter in the post. I’ve not had a new meter in a while so I was quite interested to open this up – having seen the ads. For reasons which will be obvious when you see…

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LIVEN G-5 Smart Oil-free Hot Air Fryer

March 28, 2021April 5, 2021 Peter ScargillAir Fryers, GeneralLeave a Comment on LIVEN G-5 Smart Oil-free Hot Air Fryer

The LIVEN G-5 Smart Oil-free Air Fryer which arrived from Banggood is interesting for several reasons – some of them nothing to do with cooking. Why use an air-fryer at all? Well, convenience, health, safety? Will that do for starters? Any why this one? This nice-looking hot air fryer came…

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Anycubic Photon Mono 3D Printer Revisited

March 28, 2021March 30, 2021 Peter ScargillGeneral6 Comments on Anycubic Photon Mono 3D Printer Revisited
Belt tensioners for the Eleksmaker Laser Engraver

The Anycubic® Photon Mono 2K High Speed Resin 3D Printer certainly has possibilities – but unlike my Crealty LD-002R who’s operation was immediately obvious and which works very well, the starting point with the Anycubic back in November 2020 suggested I had a faulty unit – as I develop this…

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Eleksmaker A3 Pro 3500mW Laser Engraver

March 27, 2021April 7, 2021 Peter ScargillGeneral4 Comments on Eleksmaker A3 Pro 3500mW Laser Engraver
Eleksmaker A3 Engraver from Banggood

The A3 Pro is looking like it’s going to be a MARVELOUS engraver. Some of you may recall back in 2018 I wrote about the original Eleksmaker Pro engraver – it came with a 400mW laser module which was rapidly replaced with a 2300mW laser and very nice too. I…

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And Now – The Poco M3

March 22, 2021March 26, 2021 Peter ScargillGeneral6 Comments on And Now – The Poco M3
Poco M3 by Poco M3

Regular readers know I’m a Pocophone fanatic – best mid-range phones around – I started with the Pocophone F1 and only moved it on when the Pocophone X3 came out – the latter is in daily use – I LOVE it. Now, no-one is suggesting that the newer M3 will…

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The Itead Journey Continues

March 20, 2021March 27, 2021 Peter ScargillGeneral14 Comments on The Itead Journey Continues
Zigbee Bridge 3.0

I’ve had the latest Zigbee dongle from Itead for a while but it was embargoed until release – I note that CNX was quick off the mark to announce this – anyway here it is.. version 3.0 of their incredibly cheap Zigbee dongle featuring Silicon Labs EFR32MG21 MCU (like we…

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PC Upgrades – Studio Lighting – and about time

March 19, 2021March 19, 2021 Peter ScargillGeneral8 Comments on PC Upgrades – Studio Lighting – and about time
Crucial BX500

I’ve had my DELL desktop PC for some years now – originally kitted out with a pair of 1TB hard disks and 8GB RAM as well as an Intel I7 processor. The unit came complete with 6 USB2 sockets and only two USB3 sockets, neither of which can supply significant…

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