Well, of course, everyone has their own story, this is mine. As some f you know, we spent 3 months of our summer in Spain, most of it with me recovering from illness and so probably more than ever, having a working mobile contract was very important this year. We’ve…
Month: October 2018
Victor 606B Clamp Multimeter
I’m quite excited as I’ve never had a clamp meter before. The 606B turned up this morning, well packaged. First, the stock photo…The Victor 606B Clamp Multimeter with overload protection, Digital NCV, Auto off and data hold. I’ve considered buying a battery company given the number of batteries I go…
Mustool MT8206 2 in 1 Digital Oscilloscope Multimeter
The MT8206 multimeter came from Banggood, falls at the cheaper end and is fairly basic but is non-the-less pleasant to use. It has 200k A/D sampling and 4000 count auto-ranging. Always a good start, there is a useful, printed 34 page manual with the meter. The MT8206 has 1-button switching…
Cubot Power 128GB Mobile Phone
This is my brand new Cubot phone and replaces the excellent Doogee Mix 2 I bought in November last year. I never stick with any phone for too long (I kept my first iPhone for 2 years and first Samsung for well over a year) but no longer wanting to…
DSO338 Handheld Oscilloscope 30MHz Bandwidth
The DSO338 pocket size scope turned up for me this morning and a lovely little job it is. I don’t think I’ll be ditching my 4-channel XDS3104E Owon scope but for Arduino and such like, this should do the job nicely, especially when I’m travelling as it has a built-in…
The Thermostat revisited
Remember this? I put this Node-Red Dashboard (+ images) stat together January 2017 then promptly forgot about it – thank heavens I blogged the lot, having recently moved home. I find I need a thermostat for our home and yesterday I was in the process of re-inventing the wheel when…
HoldPeak HP-770D Multimeter
January 2019 – Update – was I just unlucky or have others come across this? I just found that the clever yellow blinds which stop you putting the leads in the wong holes stopped working – then I discovere that the main control wheel had a loose bearing. In the…
Koogeek FG5 Bluetooth Smart Massager
Some weeks ago when we were still in Spain I got a call to say my new Koogeek Bluetooth massager was on it’s way. Well, it never turned up and I forgot all about it, so imagine our surprise today when we opened the mail to find an unexpected set…
Solar 90 LED Motion Sensor Light
First item in the mailbag today – a solar powered 90 LED motion sensor wall light from Banggood – https://goo.gl/6MuhMc At £37 this isn’t the price of your average garden light, but then it isn’t your average garden light. Yes, that’s 90 high intensity LEDs with movement sensing and 4…
Fingertip Pulse Oximeter (most likely Banggood or AliExpress)
Here’s something you might find useful if you are interested in your pulse and blood oxygen levels (and don’t have a suitably equipped smart bracelet). For under £12 sterling, this handy device (Gearbest link removed as they are now defunct – Sept 2021) might just do the trick. Simply pop…
DIN Rail Current and Voltage Meter
I just received one of these DIN-rail units from GearBest – and the price isn’t bad at £7.73 (sterling)… inc free shipping to the UK. https://goo.gl/aQYcqU At first I could not understand how they managed with two wires. Simple really. A pair of connections take in mains power (for the…
The Wall Display
This blog has been updated as I’ve discovered that these displays are, after all, still freely available from AliExpress. I’ve recently spent time working on my hallway wall display, an amount of time which would be considered commercial suicide. Good job it isn’t commercial. Of course I’ve not just been…
The Death of S6D02A1 Displays?
That title as it happens was a bit premature. Those of you who have been following this blog for sometime will know that the ESP-GO project supports, amongst others, little LCD displays based around the S6D02A1 chip – and has done from the beginning. This VERY inexpensive display is full…
DANIU A99 2MP USB/microUSB Boroscope
Here’s the full item description as supplied by Banggood. DANIU A99 720P 2MP Tube Camera — https://goo.gl/njddmw Good toy. In order to use it with Windows, you need to download www.kkmoon.com/pc.rar and for Android: www.kkmoon.com/an99.apk Except when you don’t. In my case, the USB/microUSB interface is no good for my…
Raspberry Pi GPIO Zero
For simple (and not so simple) IO control on the Pi without worrying about access control and SUDO etc. all of which can get in the way of having fun, you can use the GPIO Zero library and API – rather than go into detail I’ll refer you to the…