Electronics

Projects using electronic components and circuits

PartFinder 2.0 Core component inventory manager Photo
PartFinder 2.0 Core component inventory manager
This is a new release of the PartFinder component inventory manager I released four years ago in March 2020 which now runs on Windows, Mac and Linux.

ESP32 RGB Microscope LED Ring Light Photo
ESP32 RGB Microscope LED Ring Light
Designing a new RGB LED ring light for our microscope with an ESP32 WiFi controller using a manual control and web interface

Fujinon Pro 2010 Night Vision Scope Infrared LED Mod Photo
Fujinon Pro 2010 Night Vision Scope Infrared LED Mod
We added an infrared LED into our Fujinon Pro 2010 night vision monocular to help with night vision illumination

Three Elgato Key Light remote control using an ESP32 Wi-Fi module Photo
Three Elgato Key Light remote control using an ESP32 Wi-Fi module
Building a remote controller for three Elgato Key Lights using a low-cost ESP32 Wi-Fi module with push switches and indicator LEDs

BOBOVR M3 Pro battery pack inductor noise fix on Meta Quest 3 Photo
BOBOVR M3 Pro battery pack inductor noise fix on Meta Quest 3
Modifying a BOBOVR M3 Pro VR headstrap battery for the Meta Quest 3 to reduce audible noise from the battery pack.

Buying Used Test Equipment from Ham Radio Rallies Photo
Buying Used Test Equipment from Ham Radio Rallies
Visiting FRARS Hamfest in Wimborne and buying used test equipment from Ham radio rallies

Amazon Echo Pop Smart Speaker teardown Photo
Amazon Echo Pop Smart Speaker teardown
New teardown and looking inside the latest Amazon Echo Pop smart home speaker and Amazon Alexa smart home device

Amazon Echo Dot 5th Gen Smart Speaker Teardown Photo
Amazon Echo Dot 5th Gen Smart Speaker Teardown
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

ModBus to MQTT WiFi Bridge for a Solis 1.5kW Inverter Photo
ModBus to MQTT WiFi Bridge for a Solis 1.5kW Inverter
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

Ham Radio Asterisk Allstar Gateway with a Tait 8110 and Raspberry Pi Photo
Ham Radio Asterisk Allstar Gateway with a Tait 8110 and Raspberry Pi
Setting up the hardware and software for an AllStar Link Gateway using a Tait TM8110 which is a 25W PMR radio with a Raspberry Pi and USB sound card interface

Nest Thermostat to Home Assistant via 1-Wire, Arduino and MQTT Photo
Nest Thermostat to Home Assistant via 1-Wire, Arduino and MQTT
Connecting our Nest Thermostat 3rd Gen to Home Assistant via 1-wire and an Arduino Uno to capture the 1-wire sensor data

USB Programming Cable for Tait TM8110 PMR Radios Photo
USB Programming Cable for Tait TM8110 PMR Radios
Making a USB Programming Cable for Tait TM8000 series PMR Radios to use as Ham Radio repeaters

myenergi eddi solar power diverter installation with WiFi Photo
myenergi eddi solar power diverter installation with WiFi
We got the new eddi V2.1 from myenergi with built-in WiFi and ethernet to add to our home solar system and Home Assistant.

Home Assistant remote ESP32 ePaper Display Photo
Home Assistant remote ESP32 ePaper Display
Making a remote display using an ESP32 eInk ePaper module to show data from our Home Assistant system

Solar Upgrade Solis 1.5kW inverter and Raspberry Pi RS485 Logging Photo
Solar Upgrade Solis 1.5kW inverter and Raspberry Pi RS485 Logging
A new solar PV inverter installed with Raspberry Pi RS485 data logging

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