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Category: General
GL iNET MT300N V2 (Mango) Travel Router Revisited
Update July 2022 Well, I never thought I’d be writing more about this router, but in the last couple of years I’ve become a firm fan of OpenWrt because of it’s ability to be administrated from the web interface LUCI or the command line. In particular I’ve been making great…
Banana Pi M5 SBC – Lots of Possibilities?
I rarely write about new SBCs (single board computers) these days, having covered LOTS of them in the past, then having pretty much settled on the Raspberry Pi 4. With the current inflated price and availability issues with the RPi, I’ve been asked to talk about other boards and the…
Momax SmartEye SL1S Internal IP WiFi Camera and more!
This is probably starting to look like camera week already – I just received some Momax products in the mail including a pair of internal WiFi IP cameras – ok, so who are Momax? I must admit I’d not heard of them until I heard from someone I’ve dealt with…
Broadband or Mobile? That is the Question!
For some years on and off, I’ve been struggling with inadequate broadband, that is, dish-based broadband from a local company here in Southern Spain – a company who have recently merged with another, who are something of a monopoly in the area and who’s customer skills need a lot of…
FriendlyElec NanoPi R5S for Geeks
Long-term readers of this blog will know I’ve reviewed MANY FriendlyArm/FriendlyElec boards in the past but things have been quiet for some time now (Covid won’t have helped). Well, it looks like they are back in action – new WiKi site and a new board. I have the boxed version…
The All-New KNIGHT from Imou
I just finished writing about the new(ish) 4MP Cruiser from Imou – went off on holiday (to the UK) and I’ve returned to find the new Imou KNIGHT 4K camera sitting here waiting for me! Bang goes another spare microSD I guess 🙂 (the SD is only required if you…
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…
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…
UGREEN Nexode Gan X Fast 65W Charger – Very Nice
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…
The All-New Mi Band 7 – A Winner
I’ve written in here several times about my love for the Xiaomi Mi Band range – I’ve had them all and yesterday the brand-spanking new Mi Band 7 arrived on my desk from Hekka. How exciting!! (Yes, I’ve had the Samsungs and Garmins etc, ultimately I prefer the bands but…
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…
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…
BeeLink GTR5, WebP, AVIF and More
A busy couple of weeks it has been. I’m finally finished setting up my new PC, a BeeLink GTR5 Mini-PC (update June 9, 2022). Ok, so what is that? I usually write about tech and review gadgets sent to be by various companies including Banggood but this week, after talking…
Sonoff DW2-Wi-Fi Door Sensor and Node-Red
Ok, first things first, the DW2-Wi-Wi door sensor is as it says, WiFi, not RF or Bluetooth (though it does use BT to setup with the eWeLink APP in the first place). I looked here on Amazon and read someone saying the device was almost impossible to pair – mine…
Sonoff CAM Slim FHD Smart Home Security Camera
The title pretty much covers it, this is an internal-use Smart camera from Sonoff (Itead) which works with their eWeLink APP, Google and Alexa. From the box – 1080p HD images, IR night vision, motion detection, Alerts, Smart Scene, supports cloud storage (as well as TFT card option) and RTSP…
OBSBOT Tiny 4K Webcam – a winner and Now the REMOTE
This is an update to my latest original OBSBOT post – as you’ll see below the company Remotech. Co. Ltd (marketed as www.obsbot.com) sent me firstly their OBSBOT TINY webcam and then the OBSBOT Tiny 4K Webcam. They’re both so good that I immediately sold my Logitech webcam setup and…
The Wednesday Banggood Round-Up
I came home yesterday to more goodies from Banggood – the first being a new Blitzwolf smartplug. As it happens I’ve a need for a new one with power monitoring. If you’ve seen my blog about Spanish electricity and putting everything on “cheap” rate where practical, I recently put my…
UGREEN T3 HiTune Earbuds
Regular readers will recall I wrote about Ugreen X6 Hybrid Earbuds a while ago. Ok, so you have the link to the original article – you may recall me raving about them – then nothing. That’s because I just wear them every day – they simply work, sound good, charge…
Meross Home Control – Revisited – Again
In March 2020, just about the time the term “Covid” became a thing, I received several IOT units from a company called Meross (designed in California, made in China as I noted on one of the boxes) including the UK version of their MSS310 power-monitoring Smart Plug, their Smart Radiator…