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Integrating Stripe Express Checkout in an ASP.NET Core 8 Ecommerce Website

This post shows how to add Stripe Express Checkout in an ASP.NET Core 8 Ecommerce Website using C# and the Stripe.js sdk

07 November 2024 23 min read

Zwift ESP32 Bluetooth Wireless Keyboard Controller

Making a custom controller for the cycling training software Zwift, with a ESP32 Feather Bluetooth wireless keyboard controller using a Adafruit ESP32 Feather V2.

27 October 2024 13 min read

Monitoring Air Quality with the AirGradient Open Air Outdoor Monitor and Home Assistant

Using an open source air quality monitoring system from AirGradient, we have added outdoor air pollution data logging to Home Assistant and our long term data logger online.

23 October 2024 4 min read

New Smart Gas Meter Broke Home Assistant long term logging

New smart energy meters promised better logging, but it broke our Home Assistant install and long-term energy logging. Here’s what went wrong and how it’s affecting Home Assistant in our smart home

13 September 2024 9 min read

Amazon Echo Spot Teardown - Smart speaker with LCD

Welcome to a in-depth teardown of the 2024 Amazon Echo Spot Smart Speaker with LCD display. In this blog post, we'll be taking a closer look at the inner workings of this popular smart home device, uncovering the components that power its advanced features, and exploring its construction

11 September 2024 31 min read

Twelve years of Raspberry Pi Development Boards

For over 12 years, AB Electronics UK has been designing and developing Raspberry Pi development boards. Throughout this time, we've gained extensive experience in developing high-quality circuit boards specifically designed for hobbyists and developers.

26 July 2024 7 min read

PartFinder 2.0 Core component inventory manager

This is a new release of the PartFinder component inventory manager I released four years ago in March 2020 which now runs on Windows, Mac and Linux.

21 June 2024 11 min read

Trooli Fibre Internet and a new UniFi Dream Machine Pro Network Upgrade

We now have much faster internet thanks to a new fibre connection and internet using Trooli and upgrading from our PFSense firewall to a Ubiquiti Dream Machine Pro

03 May 2024 9 min read