The Glassview is the latest smart window camera from Sonoff, and looking at it, it seems to be a fairly ordinary USB-powered WiFi IP camera. And it is at least, at first glance – but read on – it’s actually quite good when you get into it… The product is…
Mikrotik RB2011UiAS Router – From the Grave
Sorry – I couldn’t resist the snazzy title photo. Real world version coming up… this old router was given to me by a friend many YEARS ago and it has sat in a cupboard gathering dust – he was done with it when he gave it to me for free!!!…
ESPHome BLE Proxy Monitor 3.1.1
This is the latest and hopefully final ever version of my ST7789v-based ESPHome-based BLE Proxy now turned general useful BT/IP tool – is there no stopping me? Well, I’m writing this for two reasons: But there’s far more to the story than this: Firstly, let me tell you – I…
Sonoff TRV Gen2
The Sonoff TRV Gen2 is a Zigbee thermostatic radiator valve. Straight up front, I can’t show you it running fully right now because I don’t have any radiators, but towards Christmas I shall install this on my livingroom radiator back in the UK. For now, I can tell you that…
TTGO T-Display – ESPHome BLE Scanner
I’ve had a couple of these little TTGO T-Display boards sitting around for quite some time. They are cheap ESP32 boards with a surprisingly good little colour display, two buttons and USB-C. I originally found that one of mine was already running some very old firmware. It was displaying the…
Invaders on a single WS2812B strip?
I’m calling the game LED Ladder. A couple of days ago I saw a YouTube video from a guy who made a game gadget with some code using a ws2812b strip, an ESP32 – and some real buttons… arcade-style. No code available – then my friend Antonio spotted another video…
My Abrobot Bluetooth Proxy for Home Assistant
Just a few days ago this little project was the poor brother of the two projects that succeed it. But hey – things change and this is now a VERY useful tool – I hope you enjoy. The Abrobot is a cheap ESP32 board with tiny display, widely available on…
A Better ESPHOME Bluetooth Proxy and BLE Scanner
I won’t go through the entire workings of my latest BLE Scanner and bluetooth proxy here. It is all detailed in the previous blogs – this is a major functional development of my previous effort using a better processor with more RAM. Suffice it to say that marvellous as the…
DFROBOT LattePanda IOTA SBC My New H.A. Home
Some years ago, I owned the original LattePanda and at the start of 2026, the company sent me their new(ish) LattePanda IOTA as well as optional add-on extensions including a UPS board (minus batteries). M.2 4G M-Key expansion board, 4G board, active (fan) cooler and POE hat. All good stuff.…
Hands-On with the Sonoff SNZB-09P Senseguard Siren
This is an odd one. At first glance, it doesn’t seem like it would be smart, but it is. I plugged the unit in, left it plugged in for a while just to make sure it had some power. I then disconnected it from the USB connection and left it…
Brand New Shelly BLU Motion ZB
Described as a smart motion sensor with instant response and long battery life. I can’t argue that long battery life ifs very important – I do worry slightly that they used a CR2477 (thankfully included) which are not as readily available and cheap as CR2032 or CR2450. This seems to…
Sonoff Dongle Plus CC2674P10 – The New Zigbee Coordinator
I recently received the new Sonoff Zigbee Dongle Plus, primarily sold as a Zigbee coordinator. It’s a USB device – and you would plug it into a computer (Raspberry Pi for example) running for example Zigbee2MQTT. This unit would be the primary and only “coordinator” in a Zigbee network. Why…
Seeed Studio reTerminal E1003 Paper White Display
This blog entry has ended up as a multi-day job thanks to the reTerminal E Series E1003 10.3″ display being fairly new and information being scattered all over – I’m sure I’ve helped Seeed update their info and so if this interests you, between my final ESPHOME YAML code at…
Sonoff Advanced TH Pressure SNZB-02M
The SNZB-02M is a small round sensor from Sonoff that not only checks temperature and humidity – but also air pressure. Nothing new there at chip level but most ready built sensors out there leave pressure out for whatever reason. The Zigbee-based SNZB-02M doesn’t. Nice small round device – but…
Sonoff HYDRO DUO+ BSP Zigbee Smart Water Valve
Back in July 2024 I wrote about the then new Sonoff Smart Water Valve (BSP) – with a follow-up in December as on initial release, the device wasn’t quite complete – by December they’d cracked it… and then along came the Nous L14 smart water valve – When we moved…
Sonoff BASIC ZB1GSP Din-Rail Switch
For something a little more meaty than the average Zigbee smart switch, how about the new Sonoff Basic ZB1GSP din-rail breaker? This arrived from me a couple of days ago and I’ve just plugged it in now, no messing about. It’s Zigbee. I just plugged the two top connections, live…
Sonoff BASIC-1GSP Din Rail Smart Switch
If this post looks familiar. That’s because it’s very similar to the one I’ve just finished on the new Sonoff Basic-1ZBGSP din-rail breaker – but this one runs on WiFi over MATTER. This arrived from me a couple of hours ago and I’ve just plugged it in now, no messing…
Sonoff Mini-ZB1GSP Power Monitoring Switch
I hope I have that right – this is another brand new Zigbee 3.0 device from Sonoff – and once again it’s a safe bet that it can be used either with the eWeLink app or bypass that altogether and use it directly in Home Assistant with the Zigbee2MQTT add-in…
Sonoff Mini PM – Endlessly Shrinking Power Monitors
This morning the brand new Sonoff Mini PM arrived on my desk. The PM stands for power monitoring and this is a truly TINY PM (power monitor) (not switch), comparing well in that respect with other manufacturers I’ve come across. Which is why I wonder, with such a marvellously small…
XTU S7 Pro – 4k Flagship Action Camera
Can it possibly be that long since I reviewed an action camera? Apparently yes. It was 2017 when I reviewed the ODVRM Action Camera. And here we are – we’ve moved home at least twice since then, I’ve gone from using cheap mobile phones to the Samsung S24 Ultra and…