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Linkind Powerful Solar Landscape Garden Lights

May 31, 2023June 3, 2023 Peter ScargillGeneralLeave a Comment on Linkind Powerful Solar Landscape Garden Lights
Linkind Lights

This morning, a package arrived for me from Amazon.es containing a pair of decent-looking garden solar lights from Linkind (I’m a bit surprised their main website prefix as detailed in their manual is http, not https but the actual website is fine – and here I’ve provided an Amazon link).…

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TP-Link Archer MR600 AC1200 Dual Band LTE Router

May 25, 2023June 2, 2023 Peter ScargillGeneral4 Comments on TP-Link Archer MR600 AC1200 Dual Band LTE Router
TP-Link MR600 4G Router - Versions 1 2 and 3

Before I start this is in no way any kind of promotion of TP-Link – I just stumbled on the V2 version of this router originally and now own both the V2 and V3 and am very happy with the results with one caviat – see WiFi later in the…

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Broadband or 4G / 5G mobile? That is the Question!

May 22, 2023May 31, 2023 Peter ScargillGeneral32 Comments on Broadband or 4G / 5G mobile? That is the Question!

If you’re here for a quick look at 4G/5G for use as broadband – Skip to the end section 4G Routers – Revelations or my concluding article about the TP-Link MR600 4G LTE router, otherwise read on… For some years on and off, here in rural Spain, I struggled with…

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And Now – MATTER

May 11, 2023May 27, 2023 Peter ScargillGeneral2 Comments on And Now – MATTER
Matter

No puns please – and if you know all about MATTER this is not for you (unless you have some rock-solid corrections to anything I say). With that said, until this week, I had no idea what MATTER was – but now I do, I can’t learn fast enough. If…

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Compact PowerVision S1 Gimbal for Smartphones – Update

May 10, 2023May 10, 2023 Peter ScargillGeneral3 Comments on Compact PowerVision S1 Gimbal for Smartphones – Update
PowerVision S1

The PowerVision S1 is a “smart” 3-axis smartphone stabiliser with wireless power bank and “PowerFollow” tracking. See the Febuary 2023 and important May 2023 updates at the end. If you’ve read my blog entry about the new Hohem iSteady V2 Smart AI Gimbal for Smartphones, you may wonder why I…

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The All-New ZIMABOARD Single-Board Server Update

May 5, 2023May 5, 2023 Peter ScargillGeneralLeave a Comment on The All-New ZIMABOARD Single-Board Server Update
ZimaBoard by IceWhale

The Zimaboard (my original post was August 2022) is a new-ish “Single-board Server”, from IceWhale – based on The Intel N3350 or N3450 Processor. Actually there are three units in the range – the Zimaboard 216, 432 and 832 models. Which model? I’m inclined to suggest sticking with the 432…

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Tasmota and Node-Red Long-Term

April 29, 2023May 1, 2023 Peter ScargillGeneral3 Comments on Tasmota and Node-Red Long-Term

Over the years I’ve seen IOT-related projects come and go – the latest, greatest home control APP at one time was going to be Imperihome (swiftly followed by Blynk). Unlike both Node-Red and Tasmota, both of which are today very popular, As far as I can see, the Imperihome website…

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SUNLU Photopolymer Resin for 3D Resin Printing

April 24, 2023April 24, 2023 Peter ScargillGeneralLeave a Comment on SUNLU Photopolymer Resin for 3D Resin Printing
Baby Yoda in SUNLU Resin

Som time ago I had several 3D resin printers – today I have but one. Due to shortage of space I passed on all but my AnyCubic Photon Mono printer. And there it was sitting in a corner as I have WAY too much to do and far too little…

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Smartphone Covers and Screen Protection Issues

April 21, 2023April 28, 2023 Peter ScargillGeneralLeave a Comment on Smartphone Covers and Screen Protection Issues

I know – what an odd thing to write about. Well, over time I’ve had LOTS of smartphones either purchased or sent to me to review and hence lots of cases and screen protectors – so I have a little experience on the subject. Here I’m going to talk about…

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Perlas De Gel Para Plantas

April 21, 2023April 21, 2023 Peter ScargillGeneral4 Comments on Perlas De Gel Para Plantas
Polyacrylamide

Something new! Well, not new to me, but they MAY be new to you? Plant Gel (water crystals) are a (supposedly) 100% non-toxic, biodegradable, and odourless super- absorbent Polyacrylamide crystal, that absorb up to 400 times their weight in water. In English, these are tiny capsules, available DIRT cheap from…

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AliExpress and Athom Smart Bulbs Compared

April 17, 2023April 19, 2023 Peter ScargillGeneralLeave a Comment on AliExpress and Athom Smart Bulbs Compared
Three different Smart lamps compared

A while back I wrote about a really cheap AliExpress Smartlamp – which had to work with the Smartlife App as it was (is) WiFi based. The lamp in question was the AUBESS lamp and I wrote about it here. All very nice – my comments were that this (fairly…

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The All-New Sonoff TX Ultimate and Wall Switch Cover

April 15, 2023April 16, 2023 Peter ScargillGeneralLeave a Comment on The All-New Sonoff TX Ultimate and Wall Switch Cover
Sonoff TX Ultimate

I have in front of me the new TX Ultimate Smart Touch Wall Switch from Sonoff as well as the equally impressive dark replacement cover. This recent trend worries me a little, the packaging on this wallswitch is just stunning – but are we paying for the aesthetics – Sonoff…

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The Sonoff NSPanel Pro and NEW FEATURES

April 14, 2023May 6, 2023 Peter ScargillGeneral5 Comments on The Sonoff NSPanel Pro and NEW FEATURES
Sonoff NSPanel Pro

Firstly, what’s an NSPanel Pro? It’s like an NSPanel but newer – and – erm – different. In my photos below, you can see that this is a full screen display – there are also two holes near the top. One hole is for sound input, the other a light…

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Tiny Remote for the New Hohem iSteady M6 AI Gimbal

April 14, 2023April 14, 2023 Peter ScargillGeneral4 Comments on Tiny Remote for the New Hohem iSteady M6 AI Gimbal
Hohem Remote

The plan was to simply to produce a really tiny video to show you the new remote control (for the M6 gimbal) which arrived in the post yesterday from Hohem. That expanded out to this explanation, photos and a link back to my Hohem M6 entry as well as a…

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Hohem iSteady M6 Gimbal – Could this be the BEST?

April 7, 2023May 5, 2023 Peter ScargillGeneralLeave a Comment on Hohem iSteady M6 Gimbal – Could this be the BEST?
Hohem iSteady M6 AI Gimbal

Readers may know I’ve looked at several other AI Gimbals including the inexpensive PowerVision S1, Hohem’s own iSteady v2 and the rather exciting-looking Zhiyun Smooth 5S. But if you’re in a hurry – YES, the M6 is the best I’ve had to date… read on… Background So up to now,…

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Switchbot Hub 2 and Pan/Tilt Cam 2K

April 4, 2023May 1, 2023 Peter ScargillGeneralLeave a Comment on Switchbot Hub 2 and Pan/Tilt Cam 2K

At first, I took the new HUB 2 out of the box, plugged it into a handy micro-USB supply, turned it on and remembered instructions I’d heard about removing the MK 1 hub before adding the new one to the Switchbot APP (on my phone) I checked to see if…

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The Imou Cell 2 4MP Lithium-Powered WiFi Camera Revisited

April 2, 2023April 13, 2023 Peter ScargillGeneralLeave a Comment on The Imou Cell 2 4MP Lithium-Powered WiFi Camera Revisited

For some reason I was expecting a huge ugly camera when Imou asked me to look at this one In January 2022 – and I was worried in case it would be out of place on one of my external walls. I should have known better. I hade high expectations…

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Smartphone Lavalier USB-C (or IOS) Wireless Microphones

March 31, 2023March 31, 2023 Peter ScargillGeneralLeave a Comment on Smartphone Lavalier USB-C (or IOS) Wireless Microphones
USB-C Wireless Lavalier Microphone set

As you’ll see elsewhere I’ve taken recently to creating short videos on my Smartphone – especially as we travel – initially purchased as one of my new AI phone Gimbals seemed to be intermittently affecting the audio output from my Samsung S22 Ultra phone when recording video (it turned out…

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Spring Is With Us and New Toys Are Here

March 28, 2023May 22, 2023 Peter ScargillGeneralLeave a Comment on Spring Is With Us and New Toys Are Here
Tester

I’ll soon have lots of new toys to play with but for today I’ll talk briefly about some new AliExpress purchases.. here at Bedrock I have typical Spanish rural electricity – there’s a wisdom that they don’t have live and neutral mains wiring here but thanks to some new toys…

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Holidays are Here Again

March 19, 2023May 22, 2023 Peter ScargillGeneral5 Comments on Holidays are Here Again

I’m about to head off for a few days holiday in Segovia in the north of Spain so I thought I’d leave you with some thoughts while I go off in search of culture… Do you get as sick as I do of YouTube headlines which contain “… will change…

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  • Linkind Powerful Solar Landscape Garden Lights
  • TP-Link Archer MR600 AC1200 Dual Band LTE Router
  • Broadband or 4G / 5G mobile? That is the Question!
  • And Now – MATTER
  • Compact PowerVision S1 Gimbal for Smartphones – Update
  • The All-New ZIMABOARD Single-Board Server Update
  • Tasmota and Node-Red Long-Term
  • SUNLU Photopolymer Resin for 3D Resin Printing
  • Smartphone Covers and Screen Protection Issues
  • Perlas De Gel Para Plantas
  • AliExpress and Athom Smart Bulbs Compared
  • The All-New Sonoff TX Ultimate and Wall Switch Cover
  • The Sonoff NSPanel Pro and NEW FEATURES
  • Tiny Remote for the New Hohem iSteady M6 AI Gimbal
  • Hohem iSteady M6 Gimbal – Could this be the BEST?
  • Switchbot Hub 2 and Pan/Tilt Cam 2K
  • The Imou Cell 2 4MP Lithium-Powered WiFi Camera Revisited
  • Smartphone Lavalier USB-C (or IOS) Wireless Microphones
  • Spring Is With Us and New Toys Are Here
  • Holidays are Here Again
  • Fenvi AX1800 WiFi 6 Adaptor
  • BigTimer
  • The NEW Sonoff iHost Smart Home Hub
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