Creating a wireless remote control to switch between video capture scenes in OBS Studio to select between our Microscope and other cameras or desktop capture using a Wi-Fi Remote Control
We have added several new Zigbee sensors to our smart home system which runs Home Assistant and the sensors talk to the home Linux server using Zigbee2mqtt
Yet more scammers using emails claiming to be from a certified photographer who says your website has copyrighted images hosted
Teardown time with some old tablets that no longer work or charge, some Apple iPad Air 2 and Android Nexus tablets
Trying to avoid zapping electronics by adding new ESD Anti-Static matting on the bench and floor in our workshop.
Adding a live video feed to our Brunel BMSZ trinocular stereomicroscope using a Raspberry Pi High-Quality Camera module and USB interface
Adding RGB to all the things in the loft workshop using an ESP8266 Wifi module to make a custom RGB LED Controller
PC built time for the loft workshop with a new AMD Ryzen 9 3900X PC build in Fractal Design Meshify S2 case
Teardown time with an Amazon Echo Dot 4th generation smart speaker, find out how Alexa is listening to you
Teardown time with an Amazon Echo Dot 3rd generation smart speaker with a built-in LED clock on the side
Lights, Camera, and Action in the loft workshop with our new workshop video recording setup with some powerful LED lighting panels
Building LED Light panels and brightness controllers to improve the desk lighting in our workshop for photography and video production.
Using Zigbee door and window sensors to trigger alerts in Home Assistant to our tablets, phones and Sonos smart speakers.
Modifying a Kasa Smart Plug by TP-Link Power to reduce its power consumption when being used to monitor a device's energy usage
Everyone needs some fibre in their diet and we have added more to the home network using 10Gb Fibre to connect our computers and Synology network storage devices via a MikroTik CRS309-1G-8S+IN network switch
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