The last watch (technically BAND) I bought was the Xiaomi Mi 6 Band – it is on my wrist every day. That acquisition was many months ago so I figured I’d try something new and asked Bangood to ship me the While I’m siting here taking a break from “A…
Month: November 2021
2.7V-6V HTTM Series Capacitive Touch Switch Buttons
This is an interesting one – these devices are tiny touch-sensitive buttons – handy for lots of projects – I’ve been working on this for a while (and not getting far until now). These buttons have been around for a while – we used them in our thermostat project AGES…
ESCAM PVR008 Auto-Tracking H265 IP Camera (QC1)
No, this is not new. Back in October 2019, sent this little, inexpensive WiFi to me and for reasons beyond me I did nothing with it. While sorting my stuff to take away with me last summer I was about to file the camera under “bin” as nowadays I only…
Grove Starter Kit for Raspberry Pi Pico
No doubt you’ve heard of the SeedStudio Grove Starter Kit for Raspberry Pi Pico. Just in case I’m wrong, the Pico is a recent development from the Raspberry Pi people, a small board that in fact is actually nothing like a Raspberry Pi. While I am here, I should point…
Saphe Traffic Alarms
Firstly, let’s look at the Saphe Drive Mini as fitted into my car while in Spain. I’m showing you a photo of the unit in it’s box as the morning we left Spain it was a bit too dark to show mounted on the dash. SO, the idea is simple…
The Saturday UK Roundup – and Solar Lights
I have so much to write about and so little time – yet here I am writing about solar lighting (not for the first time). But first – did I step back in time? It’s late 2021 and it seems that Ebay still can’t get their emails right. This morning…
New to Windows 11 or Did I Miss Something Earlier?
Bottom line: MAC scrambling bypasses free WiFi limits I’ve just spend well over a day on a ferry with the most obscenely limited WiFi I’ve ever endured. For years we have routinely travelled back and forth between Spain and the UK and until recently there was an excuse for offering…
More M5Stack Goodness
My last M5Stack gadgets came from the company iself but this week I received a tiny M5StickC Plus (no, that’s not a spelling error) from Banggood. The full description says “ESP32-PICO-D4 Mini IOT Development Board”, anyway . I know I’m a little late joining the party with this device but…