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.…
Month: November 2019
Sonoff POW R2 and Tasmota 7.1.0
Call me slow (and I’m sure someone will) but I’ve had a POW R2 unit lying around for ages and never gotten around to using it. Not only does this unit handle 15 amps (non-reactive – is there such a thing as a non-reactive 15 amp load?) but also does…
Netio 4C Smart Socket & MQTT Power Cable
I am of course used to Smart Sockets as well as Itead Sonoff and other mains power controllers but this is the first time I’ve come across a pro looking 4-way socket like this with hardwired Ethernet. You may find this interesting as the NETIO procucts are made not in…
Zeblaze Crystal 3 IP67 Waterproof Smart Watch
The full title for this watch is the and it is USB charging and light-weight – also the straps are detachable and one of the receptacles on the watch for the strap is also a USB plug. Dead easy as is the setup with the freely downloadable app “Happy Sports”.…
Samsung Galaxy 46mm Smart Watch
If you’d asked me some time ago which was the best smart watch bar none – I’d have said the Samsung Gear 2 – because (despite its benefits) I never really thought the Gear 3 was quite worth the extra. Then along came the new(ish) Samsung Galaxy watch – even…
Node Red Dashboard Template Buttons Big Update
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…
ZemiSmart vs Sonoff
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)…
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 AND MORE
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…
WiFi GPS Dual Lens Car DVR Camera
To give it the full title – 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 8GB microSD card I had lying around (as you do)… and plugged…
Solar Wireless Car TPMS Monitor
This device – advertised as a 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 4 tire sensors with a claimed battery life…
ACEPC T9 Box Minus Windows
Way back in February 2019, I reviewed the little Z8350-based, Windows-based AcePC T9 Box from Banggood though they don’t seem to have that right now as my old link is dead (I think Gearbest have killed it off too). As it turns out, this inexpensive mini-computer wasn’t that good with…