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I Tried 3 New Hats For The Raspberry Pi 5

Today we've got three new hats for the Raspberry Pi 5 that we will be trying out. I've used variants of each of these on my Pi 4 setups for...
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Beelink EX Docking Station For The GTi 14 Ultra

A couple of weeks ago, I tested the Beelink GTi 14 Ultra, a powerful mini PC with a full-size PCIe port underneath...
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Khadas Mind 2 Unboxing & Review

Over the past two years, I've tried two of Khadas' single board computers which were aimed at...
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I Tried 3 New Hats For The Raspberry Pi 5

Today we've got three new hats for the Raspberry Pi 5 that we will be trying out....
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Electronics Projects

Beelink EX Docking Station For The GTi 14 Ultra

A couple of weeks ago, I tested the Beelink GTi 14 Ultra, a powerful mini PC with...
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I Tried The New TerraMaster F8 SSD Plus, Is It Any Good?

A few months ago I built an all-SSD NAS using a Raspberry Pi 5 and a quad-SATA...
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Add an OLED Stats Display to Raspberry Pi OS Bookworm

Raspberry Pi OS Bookworm has been out for a little over a year now. It comes with a few visual changes like a...
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Personal Cloud Server Using A Pi 5 – Made With The Omtech Polar

The cost of cloud services might not be that significant for one month, but the recurring costs quickly stack up. In a couple...
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CrowView Note 14″ Workstation – Unboxing and Review

The CrowView Note is a new laptop-style, self-powered portable monitor with a keyboard, trackpad, microphone and speakers built in. It has been designed...
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I Turned PET Bottles Into A 3D Printed Pi Case – PET Bottle Recycler Part 2

A few weeks ago I published a project on the controller that I designed for a PET bottle recycler that I've been working...
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PET Bottle Recycler Part 1 – Using An Arduino Uno R4 To Control A 3D Printer’s Hotend

Today we're going to be using the new Arduino Uno R4 WiFi to build a controller for a PET bottle recycler. I'm doing...
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Meet Bittle, an Advanced Open-Source Robot Dog by Petoi

This is Bittle, a ready-to-run advanced open-source robot dog by Petoi that is based on the OpenCat robotic pet framework. If you’ve ever wanted...
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What Makes TMC2208 Stepper Motor Drivers Silent

A while ago I did a bit of an experiment to compare the sound level between TMC2208 and A4988 stepper motor drivers. At...
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Grafana Weather Dashboard using InfluxDB and an ESP32 – In-Depth Tutorial

Following one of my previous projects where I built a weather station dashboard using InfluxDB and Grafana on the reTerminal, I had quite...
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Making An Ultra Low Power Arduino Pro

This 3.3V Arduino Pro Mini uses over 600 times less power than a traditional Pro Mini, using a couple of simple, low power,...
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Gweike G2 Pro 30W Fibre Laser Unboxing & Review

I've been using diode and CO2 lasers in my home workshop for quite some time. Combined with a 3D printer, they've been fantastic...
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Elegoo Mars 5 Ultra Unboxing and Review

The Mars 5 Ultra is the latest revision to Elegoo's successful Mars series of SLA printers. Its product page advertises an impressive set...
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Personal Cloud Server Using A Pi 5 – Made With The Omtech Polar

The cost of cloud services might not be that significant for one month, but the recurring costs quickly stack up. In a couple...
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Add an OLED Stats Display to Raspberry Pi OS Bookworm

Raspberry Pi OS Bookworm has been out for a little over a year now. It comes with...
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Gweike G2 Pro 30W Fibre Laser Unboxing & Review

I've been using diode and CO2 lasers in my home workshop for quite some time. Combined with...
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Khadas Mind 2 Unboxing & Review

Over the past two years, I've tried two of Khadas' single board computers which were aimed at being compact and low power computers for home server or media centre projects. More...
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Elegoo Mars 5 Ultra Unboxing and Review

The Mars 5 Ultra is the latest revision to Elegoo's successful Mars series of SLA printers. Its...
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LincStation N1 All-SSD NAS by LincPlus, Unboxing & Review

Today we're going to be taking a look at the LincStation N1, a 6-bay all-SSD NAS by...
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I Tried 3 New Hats For The Raspberry Pi 5

Today we've got three new hats for the Raspberry Pi 5 that we will be trying out....
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Beelink EX Docking Station For The GTi 14 Ultra

A couple of weeks ago, I tested the Beelink GTi 14 Ultra, a powerful mini PC with...
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Add an OLED Stats Display to Raspberry Pi OS Bookworm

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Raspberry Pi OS Bookworm has been out for a little over a year now. It comes with a few visual changes like a Wayland...

Gweike G2 Pro 30W Fibre Laser Unboxing & Review

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I've been using diode and CO2 lasers in my home workshop for quite some time. Combined with a 3D printer, they've been fantastic for...

Khadas Mind 2 Unboxing & Review

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Over the past two years, I've tried two of Khadas' single board computers which were aimed at being compact and low power computers for...

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I Built A 4-Bay Raspberry Pi 5 Based NAS

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Last year, I built a Pi-based NAS as cheaply as possible using a Raspberry Pi Zero 2W. It was a great project to learn...

Arduino Based Obstacle Avoiding Robot Car

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In this guide, I’ll be showing you how to build your own Arduino based obstacle avoiding robot car. The car uses a servo mounted...

Multiple Push Buttons on One Arduino Input

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The most commonly used Arduino board, the Arduino Uno, only has 12 available digital IO pins, so you may find yourself quickly running out...

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