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Month: June 2022

Imou Cruiser 4MP Full Colour Night Vision Pan-Tilt Camera

June 30, 2022August 1, 2022 Peter ScargillCameras2 Comments on Imou Cruiser 4MP Full Colour Night Vision Pan-Tilt Camera
Imou Cruiser

Regular readers will know that I’ve written about lots of different IP security cameras over the years including some winners from Instar GMBH and LOTS from China including various Imou models. Back in September 2021 I wrote about the Imou Cruiser pan and tilt 1080p camera. At the time it…

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Raspberry Pi PICO W – worth the bother NOW?

June 30, 2022June 30, 2022 Peter ScargillGeneral, Raspberry Pi PICO71 Comments on Raspberry Pi PICO W – worth the bother NOW?

This article was originally written when the RPi PICO came out. I was not impressed. But things change and the RPi Foundation have now (late June 2022) released the Raspberry Pi Pico W complete with 2.4Ghz WiFi and Bluetooth 5.2 while being a drop-in replacement for the RP2040 chip used…

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Sonoff Monday – New Products

June 23, 2022July 27, 2022 Peter ScargillGeneral3 Comments on Sonoff Monday – New Products

POWR320D Here we have the POW Elite (POWR32OD), handling 20A max non-inductive load. Both of the controllers in this blog entry support Bluetooth pairing with the Sonoff eWeLink APP and have detachable DIN RAIL mounts on the back. It is worth noting for better or worse that as usual we…

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UGREEN Nexode Gan X Fast 65W Charger – Very Nice

June 16, 2022June 16, 2022 Peter ScargillGeneralLeave a Comment on UGREEN Nexode Gan X Fast 65W Charger – Very Nice
UGREEN GAN X 64W Fast Charger

You may have seen me blog about the UGREEN T3 HiTune Earbuds and before that, the UGREEN X6 Active HiTune buds – both excellent. And before anyone says “who on earth is UGREEN”… I’d not heard of them before the X6 and was suitably impressed so I’m expecting much out…

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The CubeTouch X1 BLE 4.2 Button Presser

June 14, 2022June 14, 2022 Peter ScargillGeneral8 Comments on The CubeTouch X1 BLE 4.2 Button Presser

Remember this blog entry about Switchbot S1? (photo below right) Great little Bluetooth device, sent to me by ZBanx Marketing, for machines which have an on-off pushbuton but no ability to handle timers. Switchbot could even make use of the company’s SwitchBot Mini-Hub to allow WiFi control of the Switchbot…

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Mustool MDS120M 120Mhz Oscilloscope

June 11, 2022June 11, 2022 Peter ScargillGeneralLeave a Comment on Mustool MDS120M 120Mhz Oscilloscope

This neat pocket-size Oscilloscope is currently on sale at Banggood for €63.09 (inc VAT and Duty – plus post) and by all accounts, their customers love it. Smaller than a typical mobile phone yet with 120Mhz bandwith – the device is USB-chargeable and comes complete with USB and *1, *10…

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