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Month: September 2021

M5Stack Core 2 ESP32 IOT, STAMP PICO and ATOM LITE

September 28, 2021September 30, 2021 Peter ScargillGeneral12 Comments on M5Stack Core 2 ESP32 IOT, STAMP PICO and ATOM LITE
M5Stack Core2

Regular readers may recall a couple of years ago I wrote about the M5Stack – at the time I didn’t have much to say about the original as I could not find much in the way of software tools for it – yet here we are again with the M5Stack…

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Xiaovv Q12 H.265 2MP 1080P HD Smart IP Camera

September 22, 2021December 17, 2021 Peter ScargillGeneral3 Comments on Xiaovv Q12 H.265 2MP 1080P HD Smart IP Camera
Xiaovv Q12 WiFi Camera

The Xiaovv Q12 H.265 2MP 1080P HD Smart IP Camera just arrived from Banggood. Take into account that this camera is under €20 so an ideal starter camera, but I have questions. I made sure it has the latest firmware installed – it has – yet there is some LAG…

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ESP32-Based TTGO Module Revisited with ESPHOME

September 21, 2021September 26, 2021 Peter ScargillGeneral9 Comments on ESP32-Based TTGO Module Revisited with ESPHOME

Described as the LILYGO® TTGO T-Display ESP32 CP2104 WiFi Bluetooth Module, back in March 2021 I received two of these ESP32-based modules, so as you can imagine, I’ve had yet another learning experience – le’s take a look at these lovely modules complete with colour display. So I’ve put together…

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Condenser Microphone Kit from Banggood

September 15, 2021September 17, 2021 Peter ScargillGeneral6 Comments on Condenser Microphone Kit from Banggood

Thanks to some Covid-related postal delays this turned up later than expected but as it turns out, the mic is a winner so here’s the link – Banggood did their best to ship this earlier in the summer – but ultimately this microphone kit arrived with some other gear last…

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M5Stack® M5Paper ESP32 WiFi + Bluetooth

September 10, 2021February 14, 2022 Peter ScargillGeneral6 Comments on M5Stack® M5Paper ESP32 WiFi + Bluetooth
M5 Paper

The M5Stack® M5Paper ESP32 Wifi + bluetooth Development product I just received from Banggood is – well, I’ve not gotten into detail yet but it’s a neat, slim ESP32-based unit with low-power 4.7″ e-Ink touch display. As it came out of the well-packed box, it was showing a menu and…

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Geekcreit CH9102X QFN28 ESP32

September 10, 2021September 28, 2021 Peter ScargillGeneral8 Comments on Geekcreit CH9102X QFN28 ESP32
ESP32 from Banggood

Ok, I know, that was one hell of a title. What I just received from Banggood on returning from our mini-holiday at the beach was this ESP32 board and it occurred to be that since I’ve started to get to grips with using the ESP32 and especially with using special…

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A Constructive Tasmota Weekend

September 5, 2021October 7, 2021 Peter ScargillGeneral2 Comments on A Constructive Tasmota Weekend

A week or so ago I was struggling to get everything I wanted in one ESP8266 running Tasmota – for example, the tasmota-sensors.bin file has lots of sensors and very little display capability while tasmota-display,bin has very few sensors. One of the guys suggested I tackle doing my own Tasmota…

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Plug-In TV Simulator From Redline Security

September 1, 2021September 1, 2021 Peter ScargillGeneral7 Comments on Plug-In TV Simulator From Redline Security

A new device in the UK called the Defender Plug-in TV Simulator has just arrived for me here in Spain, from the UK. The device emits an ever-changing series of lights to imitate a real television. The consumer site for this product is called Redline Security and no I’m not…

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