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Month: August 2018

ESP-GO Update–the ILI9340 QD-TECH drivers

August 21, 2018December 23, 2018 Peter ScargillGeneral12 Comments on ESP-GO Update–the ILI9340 QD-TECH drivers

There’s a discussion going on in here about the M5 Stack and one of the guys says he wants to use ESP8266 – now then is possibly a good time to announce that I’ve been updating the code in ESP-GO for  the ILI9340 and QD-Tech displays. It is all in…

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Work in Progress using Docker

August 18, 2018August 23, 2018 Peter ScargillGeneral67 Comments on Work in Progress using Docker

Fellow reader and collaborator who has helped me with “the script” over the past two years – Antonio Fragola,  aka MrShark has asked me to put up something about his current work in progress. He has begun working on Docker with a view to migrating “the script” to a fully…

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Goral S7 0.96” IPS Colour Blood Pressure Watch

August 14, 2018August 31, 2018 Peter ScargillGoral S7 watch8 Comments on Goral S7 0.96” IPS Colour Blood Pressure Watch

Today’s post got off to a good start with this colour sports watch with pulse, blood pressure and blood sugar level indication, but all of that is just icing on the cake – the watch is beautiful. I own a Gear S2 Classic and by comparison, many watches look pathetic…

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The M5 Stack

August 13, 2018August 13, 2018 Peter ScargillESP32, General69 Comments on The M5 Stack

The M5 Stack looks to be a reasonable use of the ESP32 and for those who need to start from a boxed product with display, it might just have a bright future. In a nutshell this is a pretty looking ESP32-based box with display and buttons. Do with it what…

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Mini ES120 Motion Control Screwdriver

August 13, 2018August 14, 2018 Peter ScargillES120 Mini Screwdriver4 Comments on Mini ES120 Motion Control Screwdriver

A long-awaited little tool turned up for me this morning, the ES120 motion control electric screwdriver. The unit operates off an internal Lithium battery and charges by micro-USB. Operation could not be easier. Hold in the button and the screwdriver starts. It is also reverse-able, obviously. Direction is controlled by…

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ESP-GO Deep Sleep Experiment

August 10, 2018August 13, 2018 Peter ScargillGeneral8 Comments on ESP-GO Deep Sleep Experiment

My latest tests – simple Node-Red code to check the ESP-GO updates as of this morning (v2.4.01) to quickly return temperature/humidity etc. after reboot and before sleeping. With static IP I have it down to around 3 seconds including the return MQTT confirmation. Unit can sleep up to 71 minutes.

TV Technology

August 6, 2018August 7, 2018 Peter ScargillTV5 Comments on TV Technology

I constantly have several computer projects on the go at once and thanks to the likes of WinSCP etc I can run several real and virtual computers on the same screen, all fighting for screen area and of course hide-able and re-sizeable. This has been the norm for some years.…

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