It turns out that it's quite an interesting device. The circuitry is very much in keeping with Aldi and Lidl tools, with a fairly intelligent design. It's unusual that they didn't use a...
2024-01-30 01:14:46 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's the link to the weekend stream:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1XpRq14Ca4
2024-01-27 18:10:14 +0000 UTC View Post
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zJ3uK99r1Q
2024-01-25 19:14:42 +0000 UTC View Post
These are kinda cute. Basically super-miniaturised meteor lights based on a microcontroller and flip-chip LEDs under phosphor (or clear gel for the blue ones.)
A very basic dusk sensor supplied with a bulkhead light from a prominent UK trade supplier (Toolstation). It is so minimalist that it has slight stability issues at the transition from on to ...
2024-01-25 03:09:42 +0000 UTC View Post
I've not finished editing the description for this video. I thought I'd drop it early, since it's such a radical twist on integration.
The main chips involved in the control are optimis...
2024-01-22 06:38:34 +0000 UTC View Post
The American theme on the packaging is unexpected. This company sells lookalike Wago style connectors, plus this pleasingly minimalist inline splice for joining solid core or stiff-strand wir...
2024-01-21 17:39:46 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's the link to the weekend stream:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ho2jqeu-fE
2024-01-20 18:40:39 +0000 UTC View Post
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcj23VGphI0
2024-01-18 18:24:59 +0000 UTC View Post
A dead unit sent by Christopher for our exploration. It came from Temu and they refunded for the faulty unit without any problem.
This version has an entirely different optical system i...
2024-01-18 04:19:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Technically speaking they refer to this LED as being ultraviolet, but it's more at the deep violet end of the spectrum. Very useful though, especially when tamed down to enhance the lifespan ...
2024-01-17 04:59:54 +0000 UTC View Post
By far the most unusual part of this rather neat product is the heater. It is a very odd twist on standard technology, that allows greater heat transfer to the air.
The silica-gel cartr...
2024-01-15 06:51:46 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's the link to the weekend stream:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us23RVu4rPo
2024-01-13 18:33:47 +0000 UTC View Post
I wonder how many people have bought these and then driven with reckless abandon in the naive belief that they are invisible to cameras and traps.
That could get very expensive in a matter of...
2024-01-12 01:31:19 +0000 UTC View Post
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6Rlf9b2EbE
2024-01-11 17:45:34 +0000 UTC View Post
A very minimalist USB powered charger for the rechargeable version of the 2032 lithium button cells.
The circuitry is as expected, except for one mysterious resistor. I wonder if it's f...
2024-01-10 06:15:40 +0000 UTC View Post
The Twinkly system is an expensive, but unique system of LED strings that can be installed and then pixel-mapped with a phone camera.
Kip Hakes sent me some dead PCBs from a string of festoon...
2024-01-08 04:42:24 +0000 UTC View Post
I thought I'd take one of these apart, thinking the circuitry was going to be very minimalist. I thought it might be a chip, transistor and protection diode, but it really goes to town on noi...
2024-01-07 03:11:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's the link to the weekend stream:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhTS3wMd0zs
2024-01-05 00:37:00 +0000 UTC View Post
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2YCTrEESMY
2024-01-04 18:26:33 +0000 UTC View Post
This is one of those very handy little modules stocked by all the usual suspects. It's cheap and very versatile, since it can control heating or cooling and humidifying or dehumidifying.
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My own (parametric) version of the Mega Mini Light looks a bit too much like a condom for comfort.
The current script lets you choose the tubular body length and diameter, then fills in the r...
2024-01-02 05:10:19 +0000 UTC View Post
This is a rather net version of the classic device used for locating hidden cameras in accommodation or other locations.
It relies on retro-reflection from optical systems to show their locat...
2024-01-02 03:09:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Note that this stream is one hour later than normal and will continue until the dawn of 2024 UK time.
2023-12-31 07:09:26 +0000 UTC View Post
And now for something completely different. I couldn't resist adding these to a temu order (not a sponsor) to see how well they worked.
The results are "pastel", but better than expecte...
2023-12-31 06:36:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's the link to the weekend stream:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tv3nwXJgt0
2023-12-30 06:20:12 +0000 UTC View Post
This module is intended for simple fan, filter and evaporative cooling units and not compressor based ones. It basically replaces all the electronics to restore operation to units where the e...
2023-12-29 16:56:25 +0000 UTC View Post
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sl697qo6RJY
2023-12-28 17:05:29 +0000 UTC View Post
These are the crappiest lights I've found on eBay so far. The controller felt so flimsy that I squeezed it and it disintegrated before I'd even started making the video.
The traditional Xmas-day video, but now filmed as a vertical short.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ITSH7jAzHpo 2023-12-25 15:23:06 +0000 UTC View Post