I’ve never had an NVR before so this is a novelty with a rather nice feature – the wireless cameras MESH which means I can have the NVR in my house-end office and the last camera at the very far end of the building even where I have no WiFi…
Month: January 2022
More Fun with the Laser 1 Engraver and my Two Trees Table
I only just finished updating my Aufero Laser 1 article – and yesterday, from Banggood, my new mesh base arrived, assembled. Inclused in the pack is a full size aluminium plate and 6 adhesive pads. No documentation so I had to make guesses, I cut the pads in half, I…
Fun with the New Ortur Aufero Laser 1 Engraver
When I started the blog entry for this new entry-level laser engraver from Ortur, shipped to me by Zbanx back in November 2021, I thoroughly expected to spend half the day putting it together. I’d even thought of doing a video of the assembly process. Well, I was wrong –…
Shelly Plus 1 and Plus 1PM Power Controllers
Way back in August 2019 I wrote about the Shelly 1 controller produced by Alterco Robotics in Sofia, Bulgaria. This at the time was one of a small but growing number of competitors to the likes of the very inexpensive Sonoff Basic. Later on, in March 2021 I followed this…
The Death of a Sensor and other Tales of Woe
We tend to rely more and more on our clever electronics these days – but here’s a timely, cautionary tale! My friend MAT over at NotEnoughTech has just TODAY written about the Tonga volcano and one of his Zigbee sensors which includes not only temperature but also a (generally) not…
52PI Raspberry Pi Mini Tower NAS Kit
I’m really not sure what to say about this 3D-printed kit – I’m not sure what I was expecting but not quite this. I was going to do a video but the way things turned out, a series of photos made more sense as I was putting this together. Here…
Aqara temperature sensors and Node Red – Info Overload?
AsI was sitting checking ny Aqara Zigbee temperature sensors (blogged a while ago) using the Node-Red nodes for the job, I noted that if I covered the sensor with my hand for a few seconds, I’d get a reading – sadly, not just that but THREE readings within a second.…
Audew AX-6601 Handheld Vacuum from Banggood
Ok, not exactly a SMART device but it’s the first thing I’ve had from Banggood this year (UK stock) so I thought I’d give it a quick comment with pics in here – my wife gets quite excited when something arrives which she can use!! The “AUDEW Rechargeable 3500PA Mini…
PerfectPrime Tiny IR501 Thermal Camera Add-on for Android
I’m no stranger to PerfectPrime cameras – I’ve had several of them over the years and today I have the tiny IR501 in front of me – on my Pocophone X3 NFC. The link above will tell you all about the IR501 Multi-Point Dynamic monitoring Thermal Camera for Android Phones.…
The All-New GL-iNET FLINT Router GL-AX1800
By now I own or have owned and reviewed most GL-iNET router products. I started with the little travel MANGO router a few years ago and worked my way up so that now GL-iNET are currently my favourite routers (earlier in my tech life I was a great fan of…
Meross Smart Plugs in 2022 – The MSS110
It’s quite a while since I did my original write-up on Meross Smart Plug devices. I have a new one here in the UK, a Meross MSS110. This device has a UK plug on it and is SLIM – and that’s important – I have lots of smart plugs which…