Currently we’re over in the USA for Thanksgiving which seems to be a curious mix of reasons to eat, drink and shop even more than usual. Add to the mix Black Friday and Cyber Monday and apart from the weather (it is truly cold in Chicago right now) this is…
Month: November 2018
NO.1 G8 MT2502 Blood Pressure Heart Rate Monitor Smart Watch
I just received this nice looking watch – the NO.1 G8 MT2502 Blood Pressure Heart Rate Monitor Smart Watch — https://goo.gl/R1Dg6p Yes, I agree, what an odd name for a watch – yet despite all that, this one could be a winner. At first glance, in my case, the USB…
A very busy week for Home Control
Having discovered some less than ideal historical settings in ESP-GO, today I’ve removed all commands which could OUTPUT to GPIO0. a throwback to the old ESP-01 days. I’ve also updated some default input bounce settings and improved the little-documented DEBUG2 command which lets you see the state of inputs on…
Credit Where Due–MQTT Logger
This fellow seems to have put together a nice MQTT data logger for Windows – nice to see support for MS users. I’ve just installed the logger on my PC. GOOD use for my new large screen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lq0G8jvS75A
HT-175 Infrared Thermal Imager
I’ve wanted one of these hand held imagers since I heard of the FLIR – but could never justify the cost – NOW I have one of my very own. I’m quite excited. Even then the price – indeed it is Banggood (I’m sure they won’t appreciate that). HT-175 Infrared…
Solar Motion Sensor Light
Why am I using a stock photo here? Because the weather in our garden right now is pretty naff, that’s why. This is the latest sensor light I’ve picked up from Banggood as we settle back down into Willow Cottage after gutting the place (if you saw the state the…
Box Nirvana
We recently started on a new project for ESP-GO and this time made the board to fit the box – always sensible if you have the freedom to do this. Well, here’s the box we used – from our friends at Banggood. As Thompsons travel used to say: Much cheapness.…
NEW PCB for ESP-GO
You might just like this – I do! Standard problem number one: finding a none-home-made-looking box for the new project. Standard problem number 2: NOT taking a simple on-off light or heater design and turning it into a wife/husband-provoking nightmare with low-voltage boards needing separate mains power supplies. Collectively these…