When lightning strikes
17 March 2020 9 min read
Antennas vaporising, telephone sockets launching across the room. What happens when lightning strikes a house?
17 March 2020 9 min read
Antennas vaporising, telephone sockets launching across the room. What happens when lightning strikes a house?
11 March 2020 4 min read
Modifying a Pioneer SX-N30 Stereo Receiver to add a remote control 12-volt output
28 February 2020 5 min read
Fixing a blue flashing LED problem on our Synology DiskStation DS411+II NAS drive due to a bug with the Intel Atom C2538 processor
22 January 2020 5 min read
Check your data backups regularly. Don't wait until you need them and find out your backup system has failed
15 January 2020 6 min read
An unfortunate VR accident involving my 55-inch Sony Bravia TV created a perfect opportunity for a tear-down.
30 December 2019 3 min read
Keeping history alive by collecting old photos of my hometown of Swanage
03 December 2019 7 min read
Teardown of the Amazon Echo Input and trying to extract the firmware
29 November 2019 7 min read
The steps we take when designing a new product to sell
21 November 2019 3 min read
Creating new low-profile 12V battery testers to monitor sealed lead acid batteries
04 October 2019 8 min read
Looking at ways to reduce electricity consumption, help the environment and save some money.
02 October 2019 3 min read
Adding an internal power supply to our Aim-TTi TF930 3GHz Frequency Counter
02 October 2019 3 min read
Building a bespoke oak and pine wooden storage rack for the hand tools in our workshop.
25 September 2019 4 min read
We have a new microscope, a Brunel BMSZ trinocular stereo microscope
18 September 2019 5 min read
Trying and failing to repair the cable which connects the headset to the computer for my Oculus Rift virtual reality system
05 September 2019 5 min read
Our old reflow oven finally died so we ordered a new C.I.F FT 03 Batch reflow oven