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Month: February 2021

First of the Summer Toys – Solar RGB Owl

February 25, 2021February 25, 2021 Peter ScargillGeneral3 Comments on First of the Summer Toys – Solar RGB Owl

Sick of the usual boring solar garden lights? Well, here’s something different. While writing about (completely unrelated) ESP8266-based OLED and LCD displays in here earlier, I mentioned an RGB Perspex “3D” Shark which came from China which quickly found a place in our living room. Well, this OWL came from…

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More Itead Goodies – the Sonoff DIY DualR3

February 24, 2021February 25, 2021 Peter ScargillGeneralLeave a Comment on More Itead Goodies – the Sonoff DIY DualR3
Sonoff DualR3

The Sonoff DualR3 is the latest iteration of Itead’s 2-gang WiFi Smart Switch. It handles 10A per gang for a total of 15A non-inductive load. The device is typically used with the eWeLink app and can be Bluetooth paired to the app during which time the blue WiFi LED indicator…

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New Goodies from Itead (Sonoff) – Worth the Wait?

February 22, 2021March 6, 2021 Peter ScargillGeneral10 Comments on New Goodies from Itead (Sonoff) – Worth the Wait?

I always love getting new stuff in the post from the makers of Sonoff products – Shenzhen-based Itead. They’re a very enthusiastic lot and I’ve tried out every new product or upgrade of theirs since the release of the original Sonoff WiFi power block. B05 Smart RGBWW Lamp First off…

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More Trivia – Blitzwolf BW-FUN11 Humidifier

February 20, 2021February 21, 2021 Peter ScargillGeneral2 Comments on More Trivia – Blitzwolf BW-FUN11 Humidifier

It’s a while since I had a new humidifier and I can never resist an opportunity to kit out the house with more pretty lights. The Blitzwolf BW-FUN11 is another of those humidifiers that generates cold “steam” using ultrasonics. Early humidifiers (not to be confused with dehumidifiers) were effective but…

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Foaming Soap Dispensers for a Covid-Stricken World

February 19, 2021February 21, 2021 Peter ScargillGeneralLeave a Comment on Foaming Soap Dispensers for a Covid-Stricken World

What seems like years ago, at the start of the Covid pandemic, back in the UK I reviewed a foaming soap dispenser, still in use over there – nice but not wall mounted which meant another gadget taking up valuable bathroom real estate.. The first of a pair of wall–mounted…

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H801 LED RGBWW Strip Controller + 4-relay ESP8266 Board

February 18, 2021February 22, 2021 Peter ScargillGeneral3 Comments on H801 LED RGBWW Strip Controller + 4-relay ESP8266 Board
4-relay board

This blog features two gadgets who’s common thread is the ESP8266 processor and the use of Tasmota firmware Firstly the H801 LED WiFi Controller ! I could have sworn I wrote about these incredibly useful H801 controllers some time ago but apparently not. If you are new to the H801…

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Baseus T2 Wireless Smart Tracker

February 17, 2021February 17, 2021 Peter ScargillGeneralLeave a Comment on Baseus T2 Wireless Smart Tracker

The Baseus T2 Wireless Smart Tracker is a neat little gadget from Banggood. It arrives in a small thin box and the unit itself is 37*25*6mm thick, It comes complete with a tiny but strong, string lanyard, the whole thing weighs 5gm and consumes a peak 75ma from it’s internal…

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Thursday Gadget Roundup and More Displays

February 11, 2021February 16, 2021 Peter ScargillGeneral7 Comments on Thursday Gadget Roundup and More Displays

This first week of Feb 2021 I received lots of gadgets and some more displays from Banggood including an old favourite – the ILI9341 – good, cheap LCD display – which I’ve always supported in ESP-GO – but now I want to run on an ESP8266 (again) this time using…

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Netac N930ES 512GB SSD and Enclosure

February 10, 2021February 10, 2021 Peter ScargillGeneralLeave a Comment on Netac N930ES 512GB SSD and Enclosure
Blitzwolf SSD Enclosure from Banggood

Late last year I received the Netac N930ES M.2 2242 SSD 512GB Flash Internal Solid State Drive for use with my Chuwi Larkbox, blogged elsewhere in here. The Larkbox can handle an extra internal M.2 2242 SSD as against it’s default internal 128GB eMMC – unfortunately only up to 128GB…

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Chuwi Larkbox – Windows + Celeron Mini PC – Update

February 10, 2021February 26, 2021 Peter ScargillChuwi, General16 Comments on Chuwi Larkbox – Windows + Celeron Mini PC – Update
Chuwi Larkbox

See Feb 2021 update at the end of this article. This is one of those devices you just have to SEE – I’ll do my best. The Chuwi Larkbox Mini PC comes with Windows or Linux and has an Intel Celeron J4115 running at 2.5Ghz (according to the box –…

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The IOTCRICKET from ThingsOnEdge.COM

February 4, 2021February 25, 2021 Peter ScargillESP826631 Comments on The IOTCRICKET from ThingsOnEdge.COM
thingsonedge.com

See update at the end – and warning – this is a long story: Of course we’ve all seen this form factor before – ESP8266 on a board with power and antenna, FLASH etc.. The ESP-12 is only one of many and now we have a new one… The biggy…

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