Your cable may be cutting your power supply's output by more than half. Here's why.
One of the first posts to appear on this blog was Amir's very informative description of the workings of the cell phone power supply (charger). In »
Quick & Effective Low Cost Home Protection with Raspberry Pi and ESP8266
It's vacation time, and like everyone else, I wanted to protect my home while I was away. I don’t have a dedicated alarm. (Prospective burglars »
Vastly improve Kodi (OSMC) on Raspberry Pi with a simple change
Of the six Raspberry Pis that perform various tasks around my house, two of them are dedicated Kodi boxes. For more than a year I’ve »
Servo Articulation of Web Cam with ESP8266 01 and Blynk
My Web Cam Can't See We've all been there. We install a web cam, march off to our screen to check what it sees, then come »
ESP 8266 Mailbox Notifier using DeepSleep and Blynk
Update July 2020 - if you're interested in creating a mailbox notifier that'll work on regular AA batteries literally for years, take a look at my »