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February 9, 2018

Flashing Tasmota Firmware on Wifi Smart Switches Sonoff Basic S20 SV

The Sonoff devices by https://www.itead.cc/ are an excellent little range of modules for building your own Smart Home setup. They are pretty well built, CE and RoHS marked and implement what is essentially a WiFi operated switch/relay circuit based on the extremely versatile ESP8266. See here for a full circuit schematic. It can handle up to 10A load so could be used for...

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April 24, 2017

UK Flooring Direct and the Perpetual Sale Event

I was recently looking for some engineered wood flooring as part of a home renovation project. I needed a reasonable quantity and the associated accessories (DPM underlay, scotia etc). So I set about researching and signed up to some e-newsletters for deals and stuff from the main online stores. One that seemed pretty good value across the board was UK...

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June 9, 2016

Middle Lane Drivers

Back in 2011 (yes, it really was that long ago), I posted about the commonly misunderstood term ‘Merge In Turn’ and the frustration it causes many drivers every day because people don’t know how to follow the rules. I thought I’d write about another bad habit I see far too often on the roads that has relatively recently, been subject to...

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