A quick note: Parts of the wording in this post were drafted with the help of AI. … (clearly recognizable in the style: A repair story from the world of smart Swedish furniture. The symptom: click-click-click… As so often happens, it started with an annoying noise. My TRADFRI socket from the big Swedish furniture store…
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Some projects arise from a spontaneous idea, while others develop over months. Our mini arcade machine definitely belongs to the second category. It all started on a cold winter day when my son and I sat down at the kitchen table to start another little craft project. At the time, we had no idea that…
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Since I’ve been working on home automation, I’ve naturally wanted to optimize and simplify as much as possible and adapt and implement it in line with the new buzzwords “green electronics”, “sustainability”, “energy-saving” … and so on. For example, my appliances switch off when they are not used or ignored, stand-by energy consumption is largely…
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In the article “Pylontech PV battery status in HomeAssistant”, I had improved the project “Pylontech battery monitoring” of the following GitHub links and drew a circuit board to make the whole construct a little more compact and professional. https://github.com/irekzielinski/Pylontech-Battery-Monitoring https://github.com/hidaba/PylontechMonitoring All battery data of the Pylontech battery modules are displayed in the Homeassistant. Great! But…
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“Freshly mopped floors without having to vacuum beforehand: The FC 7 Cordless hard floor cleaner removes all types of dry and damp everyday dirt in one step.” (Original text kaercher.com) You get this product promise on the manufacturer’s website if you are interested in the FC7 electric hard floor cleaner. However, when this promise is…
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II am always fascinated by the topic of radioactivity. More precisely, it is the measurement or detection of this ionizing radiation, which is produced by the decay and of atomic nuclei with the release of energy. A basic distinction is made between the energy (alpha and beta particles) emitted by the movement of the decaying…
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Anyone who has installed a photovoltaic system in their own home may even use an energy storage system. In this example, it is an off-grid system equipped with two modules from the manufacturer Pylontech. The Pylontech US3000C batteries have an output voltage of 48V. The nominal capacity is 3500Wh. The installed cells are LiFePO4 cells…
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edit 7.11.24 In the meantime, I have also layouted an interface board with a USB type B socket for the 5V supply. (see layout below). Because as small and fine as the micro USB plugs are, I need something more robust. As I am asked more and more often for the production data, I am…
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In this post, I’m going to take a look at the restoration – or rather repair – of a handheld game that I recently received for review. It has the name “Tricky Traps”. This means something like “tricky or tricky traps” The game “Tricky Traps” by Tomy is a mechanical game of skill that was…
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This post has absolutely nothing to do with retro this time. My colleague from the Multimedia major has been working on the topic of DeepFakes and has put a lot of effort into creating a great video. Here is the link to the video:
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