I JUST received my neat little Sonoff RF Bridge. <<Quicky – as I’m here – happy new year to all my subscribers – ESPECIALLY those who provide feedback, ask questions and provide tips – thank you all >>. It took all of 30 seconds for the brand new (and surprisingly…
Month: December 2019
LA104 Logic Analyser by e-Design
It’s Chistmas and time for some new gadgets. I’ve used all manner of logic analysers from the tiny Salae analysers (and the clones) through to expensive and large ZeroPlus monsters. The former are not really a lot of use due to limited bandwidth, the latter (in particular the big 64…
Tasmota – TDM, Tasmotize and TasUI
This is a never-ending story about Theo Arends’s much-loved alternative firmware for IOT as Tasmota is now running at development version 8.1.0.2 Doris (update Dec 30, 2019 – I’ve upgraded most of my units including Itead Sonoff BASIC, TH10, 4CH Pro, ProR2, Powr2, Shelly One, Blitzwolf and others). Previously I…
Sonoff GK-200MP2-B WiFi IP Camera
To give the camera it’s full title – GK-200MP2-B WiFi IP Security camera, this is a nice camera from Itead. No power supply, just the camera, you need 5v DC (3.5mm x 1.35mm dia – i.e. the smaller type) to run it and it handles WiFi or RJ45 connection. It…
10 inch 2560x1600P 2K FHD Monitor
This blog entry is about a really NEAT 10 inch 2560x1600P 2K FHD Monitor from Banggood. So what’s good about it?. Surely that resolution in a tiny monitor is useless? Well ,it might be if you could not perfectly scale it down (but if you are mainly watching high quality…
Alfawise H6S 14v8 Vacuum – A Christmas Story
It had to happen – I was all set to write about something different for Christmas – a little while ago I ordered a small, neat cordless vacuum (house/car) from Gearbest – mainly as I was working on my heating system and router here in the UK, one in a…
K2 OLED HD Colour Bluetooth Smartwatch Revisited
This item turned up for me on my return from the USA late 2018: The K2 OLED Bluetooth Smartwatch. Then I did an updated version on June 2019 of the original December 2018 blog entry as I had just successfully updated the app and watch firmware – and now here…
Christmas RGB Animation with ESP-GO
My ESP8266 home control code ESP-GO doesn’t get a lot of attention in here as I’m a “Tasmota” fanatic but that does not mean that ESP-GO is dead – far from it. ESP-GO contains not only RGB code for serial 5v LEDs but also a complete programming setup to generate…
Sonoff Basic CHEAP
To those of you who have been doing IOT (home control etc.) for some time, the Sonoff Basic mains control units need no introduction – especially the older models – but the price right now for those models is worth noting – ordered directly from China (link above), free post,…
Amazfit Stratos Smartwatch
Up to now, apart from my Samsung Gear, regular readers will have only seen me ranting about low-cost smartbands and will know that my all time favourite up to now is the Xiaomi Mi4. Well, today I’m moving upmarket a little, heading back towards the likes of the Gear and…
Auslogics Disk Defrag Ultimate – Why?
If you are using a WindowsPC and are anything like me you have likely been using Auslogics Disk Defrag Free for countless years as it is so much nicer than the one that comes with Windows. Well, after many years as I was about to move upmarket to Disk Defrag…