BOBOVR M3 Pro battery pack inductor noise fix on Meta Quest 3
25 November 2023 5 min read
Modifying a BOBOVR M3 Pro VR headstrap battery for the Meta Quest 3 to reduce audible noise from the battery pack.
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Modding Beat Saber on the Quest 3 with ModsBeforeFriday
05 November 2023 9 min read
Using ModsBeforeFriday or QuestPatcher and SideQuest to mod Beat Saber on the Quest 3 to add custom songs and mods
John Smith, Googlebot and abandoned shopping carts
07 September 2023 3 min read
GoogleBot is pretending to be an e-commerce customer called John Smith and abandoning the order at the payment stage
First year of data and savings from Solar PV array upgrade
02 September 2023 8 min read
Our solar PV system has saved us £847.18 in the past 12 months, and heating the hot water for free on sunny days with the myenergy eddi solar diverter
Buying Used Test Equipment from Ham Radio Rallies
21 August 2023 9 min read
Visiting FRARS Hamfest in Wimborne and buying used test equipment from Ham radio rallies
Amazon Echo Pop Smart Speaker teardown
23 July 2023 13 min read
New teardown and looking inside the latest Amazon Echo Pop smart home speaker and Amazon Alexa smart home device
TP Link Tapo TC65 Camera image capture using OpenCV for a webcam
02 July 2023 12 min read
Using a low-cost tp-link Wi-Fi security camera and OpenCV, a popular computer vision library, we have created a Python script that captures high-quality images from the RTSP (Real-Time Streaming Protocol) video stream generated by the camera and uploads to our Virtual Swanage tourism website.
Learning Code, Raspberry Pi, Fruit, and Growing Food
06 May 2023 8 min read
May 2023 updates, website changes and projects and how we grow our own food on a small allotment
Air Quality in Your Home: Measuring using Home Assistant with Ikea Vindriktning and Netatmo
15 January 2023 11 min read
Using Home Assistant with Ikea Vindriktning & Netatmo to measure the air quality in your home or office.
Energy Savings and Solar PV Upgrade, Six Months of Data
27 December 2022 13 min read
After lots of small changes to our usage, device upgrades and replacing some old household appliances, our energy usage is around 45% lower
Amazon Echo Dot 5th Gen Smart Speaker Teardown
28 November 2022 9 min read
Taking a look inside the latest Amazon Echo Dot 5 smart home speaker and Amazon Alexa device, now with a new larger speaker and temperature sensor
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ModBus to MQTT WiFi Bridge for a Solis 1.5kW Inverter
30 October 2022 7 min read
Using an ESP32 WiFi module to create a ModBus to MQTT WiFi Bridge for a Solis 1.5kW Solar PV Inverter to log data with Home Assistant