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Recent Posts

  • An Orange Pi Week
  • Meross Smart Switch, Presence Sensor and More
  • Home Assistant at long last BUST?
  • Automatic DHCP and Home Automation
  • Aqara G4 Video Doorbell and FP2 Presense Sensor – Updated
  • Home Assistant Tuya Socket Woes
  • New Sonoff Goodies – Plug and Thermometers
  • M5Stack DIAL V1.1 in Brief
  • Zigbee2MQTT Lights – A Quick One
  • Seeed Studio 60Ghz mmWave Sensor
  • Whatever happened to everlasting solar garden lights?
  • Aqara FP1E Revisited Briefly
  • Home Assistant Voice Preview Edition vs Google
  • Home Assistant to NAS to Mini PC – The Sequel
  • M5Stack Goodness
  • Apollo Temp-1 Sensor Unit – Apollo Automation
  • Home Assistant – Synology DS720+ The Story So Far
  • The Ridiculous Windows 11 “Show More Options” and How To Bypass
  • Reolink RLC-823S2 IP Camera – it’s a MONSTER
  • The new Aqara Camera Hub G5 Pro
  • Aqara P1 Motion Sensor – Something New?
  • Apollo Air-1 CO2 and other Sensors for Home Assistant
  • Argon40 Argon NEO5 + Poly+5 RPi5 Cases
  • The Reolink RLC 1224A UHD PoE Camera
  • The Sonoff Mini-D (MINI-Dry) WiFi Smart Switch
  • The New Wonder? DeepSeek AI
  • Tenda Model RX9 Pro AX3000 Dual-Band WiFi 6 Router
  • Reolink WiFi Video Doorbell – It’s a winner!
  • Fibre vs Copper vs 4G/5G vs Starlink – a European View
  • A New Year’s AI Treat
  • UGREEN USB3.0 to Giganet Ethernet Adaptor and GL-iNET
  • DS101JL triple Smart Wall Touch Switch
  • Smartphone Lavalier USB-C (or IOS) Wireless Microphones
  • Candle with LED lights – no Battery
  • EARU EAMPDW-TY-63 WiFi Smart Energy Protector Device

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As I have no idea of your level of technical skill or the requirements of your country laws in terms of electricity supply etc, I accept no responsibility for any damage attributed to following advice in these pages.

When dealing with wall outlet (high) voltages you should satisfy yourself that whatever you are doing is safe and if unsure, seek advice from someone who is sure.

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