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Month: January 2021

Raspberry Pi Pico – would you bother?

January 21, 2021January 21, 2021 Peter ScargillGeneral18 Comments on Raspberry Pi Pico – would you bother?

Friday Rant: The New “Raspberry Pi Pico” trades on the name “Raspberry Pi” which many of us find to be a cost-effective home controller, thankfully widely supported by lkots of third parties. But this is not a Raspberry Pi – it is a small controller – the price touted on…

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Banggood 30W DIY Laser Engraving Machine

January 20, 2021January 20, 2021 Peter ScargillGeneral5 Comments on Banggood 30W DIY Laser Engraving Machine

Described as a 30w/20w DIY Laser Engraving Machine this inexpensive engraver caught my attention over the Christmas holidays and here it is. Normally, Banggood provide brand names but in this case I guess they are branding it as their own product. I note the laser module has tick boxes for…

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More Printing Goodness – and now the Crealty LD-002H

January 15, 2021January 18, 2021 Peter ScargillGeneralLeave a Comment on More Printing Goodness – and now the Crealty LD-002H

This write-up is about the Creality 3D® LD-002H LCD Resin 3D Printer. I can’t find any reference to one of one of the originally promoted features in the manual – i.e. WiFi. So should I simply point you back to my 2020 sprawling entry on the Creality 3D® LD-002R LCD…

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HK1 RBOX R1 5G WiFi Android 10 TV Box

January 13, 2021January 15, 2021 Peter ScargillGeneral9 Comments on HK1 RBOX R1 5G WiFi Android 10 TV Box
HK1 RBOX

Before I delve into this new box from Banggood – let’s go back a step: I’ve had quite a number of Android TV boxes over the years and there are lots on the second-hand market. But something to consider… I just had to bin two boxes that were not that…

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More New Year Gadgets – 12 Inch LED Ring Wall Clock

January 6, 2021January 9, 2021 Peter ScargillGeneral13 Comments on More New Year Gadgets – 12 Inch LED Ring Wall Clock

I just received this US/EU Plug 12/24 hour 12 Inch LED Ring Wall Clock from Banggood (pre-assembled), complete with a US plug – but as that’s a separate USB charger it’s not that important – they do supply both EU and USA USB adaptors. You may be aware that I’ve…

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Bakeey POCO X3 NFC Case

January 5, 2021January 5, 2021 Peter ScargillGeneral2 Comments on Bakeey POCO X3 NFC Case
Bakeey case for Poco X3

This lovely, transparent (with armoured black edges) Bakeey case for the Poco X3 phone was always going to be a difficult one to write about. I can show you the case but I need my phone to take a photo so I can’t show it ON the phone 🙂 If…

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Bakeey 8-in-1 USB-C Hub Docking Station Adaptor

January 3, 2021January 3, 2021 Peter ScargillGeneralLeave a Comment on Bakeey 8-in-1 USB-C Hub Docking Station Adaptor

This inexpensive Bakeey Adaptor does everything – HDMI out, RJ45 network out, TF, SD, a pair of USB 3 outputs and two USB-C outputs – one of which is for power charging (PD – or POWER DELIVERY). This slim unit has USB-C input. In fact the only thing wrong is…

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RGB Smart Socket – EH?

January 3, 2021January 3, 2021 Peter ScargillGeneralLeave a Comment on RGB Smart Socket – EH?
RGB Smart Socket

I think I’ve seen it all now. What’s an RGB Smart Plug I hear you say? Well, it is just what it sounds like. It’s a smart socket – 3840W (resistive) max with power monitoring – so nothing new there, but they’ve added RGB LEDs inside the socket itself for…

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Athom Smart Socket pre-Tasmota’d and Smart Light

January 3, 2021January 3, 2021 Peter ScargillGeneral16 Comments on Athom Smart Socket pre-Tasmota’d and Smart Light

I’m so excited about this so I’ll dive straight in. The company is called ATHOM and they make smart sockets and lights pro-programmed with TASMOTA. I took the smartsocket out of the box, plugged it into the mains, told my phone to look for access points and it found “tasmota_D3F950-6480”.…

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Second 2021 Treat – a New Doorbell

January 3, 2021January 3, 2021 Peter ScargillGeneralLeave a Comment on Second 2021 Treat – a New Doorbell
Doorbell from Banggood

Regular readers may recall one of last year’s blog entries called “A ZemiSmart Weekend” in which I wrote about, amongst other things, my new (at the time) doorbell, a simple kinetic door push (no batteries) with a UK-plug-based “bell”. This was back in April 2020 and I bought it from…

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BigTimer

January 2, 2021January 2, 2021 Peter Scargillbigtimer, Node, Node Red, node-red, node.js1,114 Comments on BigTimer
BigTimer

Node–RED is a fantastic and powerful yet easy to use programming tool for wiring together hardware devices, APIs and online services in new and interesting ways. For more information on Node-Red go to the Node-Red site. BigTimer is my own creation and is (IMHO) the most powerful and best-ever, most…

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NodeMCU 10-pack Bargain – first treat of the New Year

January 2, 2021January 2, 2021 Peter ScargillGeneral5 Comments on NodeMCU 10-pack Bargain – first treat of the New Year

My first January 2021 present-to-me arrived between Christmas and NYE while we were hiding at the coast – and I’ve just made a start at testing this pack of ten inexpensive ESP8266-based NodeMCU boards. If you’re not familiar with these and similar products, they are a very popular and generally…

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  • Raspberry Pi Pico – would you bother?
  • Banggood 30W DIY Laser Engraving Machine
  • More Printing Goodness – and now the Crealty LD-002H
  • HK1 RBOX R1 5G WiFi Android 10 TV Box
  • More New Year Gadgets – 12 Inch LED Ring Wall Clock
  • Bakeey POCO X3 NFC Case
  • Bakeey 8-in-1 USB-C Hub Docking Station Adaptor
  • RGB Smart Socket – EH?
  • Athom Smart Socket pre-Tasmota’d and Smart Light
  • Second 2021 Treat – a New Doorbell
  • BigTimer
  • NodeMCU 10-pack Bargain – first treat of the New Year
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