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Month: November 2020

My Node-Red Dashboard Controls for 2021

November 30, 2020November 30, 2020 Peter ScargillGeneral21 Comments on My Node-Red Dashboard Controls for 2021
Node-Red Dashboard with custom coding

Some of you may recall my work on Node-RED Dashboard buttons which all started in 2016 and which then (after a health-related break) received an update at the end of 2019 as I started to get to grips with dashboard templates. Well, I’m back to it again and this time,…

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Elegoo Uno Super Starter Kit

November 21, 2020November 21, 2020 Peter ScargillGeneral8 Comments on Elegoo Uno Super Starter Kit

Just a quicky: possibly you know Elegoo.com for their 3D printers? That’s how I know them – however, they just sent me their Uno R3 Super Starter Kit – which includes an Uno and a shedload of sensors, wires, buzzers, motors, a CD with sample code and libraries… and more…

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MaticBox Raspberry Pi 4 Case and accessories

November 19, 2020November 26, 2020 Peter ScargillGeneral
Leapmatic MaticBox

I’m including a quick writeup on the DIN-rail mounting MaticBox because Leapmatic just sent me a couple of samples in the post today. The company are a little unusual in the Raspberry Pi case arena because they claim that “LeapMatic LLC is a high-tech company founded in 2015 by a…

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Raspberry Pi 4 Cloning Challenge

November 18, 2020November 18, 2020 Peter ScargillGeneral9 Comments on Raspberry Pi 4 Cloning Challenge

As regular readers may know, for backups I swear by rpi-clone for making backups which can instantly take over in the case of a failed SSD or SD main drive on the RPi4. But there is a little more to it. For unattended operation I’m not aware of any current…

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Creative Outlier Air V2 Earbuds

November 15, 2020February 6, 2021 Peter ScargillGeneral5 Comments on Creative Outlier Air V2 Earbuds
Creative Outlier Air V2 Buds

My most enduring memory of Creative is the Soundblaster from last century. Since then I’ve not really thought of them very much even though they still do a range of soundcards, speakers, gaming headsets and more – but they just sent me their Outlier Air V2 Earbuds and I just…

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Solar Power – the Wemos D1 and 12/24v Battery Chargers

November 5, 2020December 24, 2020 Peter ScargillGeneral7 Comments on Solar Power – the Wemos D1 and 12/24v Battery Chargers
Wemos D1 Mini + Power Shield

I have a solar power setup for my external lighting here in Spain and for some time I’ve been having some kind of issue with (what I’m now fairly sure is) deteriorating battery capacity. My twin 100AH deep-discharge camping batteries are powered by a 250W 30v (or thereabouts) solar panel…

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Haylou GT1 Pro Bluetooth 5.0 Earbuds vs my Xiaomi Mi Earbuds

November 4, 2020November 4, 2020 Peter ScargillGeneral5 Comments on Haylou GT1 Pro Bluetooth 5.0 Earbuds vs my Xiaomi Mi Earbuds
GT1 Earbuds

I’ve been using my Xiaomi Mi buds for some months now – every night (I’m one of these sad types who sends themselves off to sleep with a late night “Daily Show” or similar on Youtube). As for the Mi buds themselves, not much to say, they work well, I’ve…

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Node-Red Security – To Be or not To Be

November 3, 2020November 5, 2020 Peter ScargillGeneral10 Comments on Node-Red Security – To Be or not To Be
illiterate users, brainy admins

You’ll find plenty of articles on adding or improving the security of Node-Red and countless other programs and utilities. What are not quite so prevalent are articles about removing security. I’ve been using Node-Red for my home automation for years now and frequently get annoyed, as the dashboard security, when…

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Bakeey T90 Bluetooth Earbuds Smart Watch Update

November 1, 2020November 11, 2020 Peter ScargillGeneral2 Comments on Bakeey T90 Bluetooth Earbuds Smart Watch Update
Bakeey T90 Watch with Earbuds

This is new – a smartband with built-in Bluetooth earbuds – WELL, THAT’s handy for travelling. This entry is about the Bakeey T90 Wireless Earbuds Smart Watch. I went out on a limb with this one – never seen anything quite like it but as the T90 was “different” –…

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