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• Integrating Stripe Express Checkout in an ASP.NET Core 8 Ecommerce Website
• 10Mhz Frequency Standard Distribution Project
• 12v iPad Charger
• 12V SLA Battery Testers
• 5uH LISN Tester Project
• Acuter Merlin Orion Motorised AZ Mount controlled by a Wii Nunchuk with remote zoom
• ADC Pi Raspberry Pi I2C Analog to Digital Converter boards available to buy online
• Adding 10Gb Fibre to the home network
• Adding a Zigbee Smart Thermostatic radiator valve to Home Assistant
• Adding Gas Meter Energy logging to Home Assistant
• Agilent InfiniiVision MSOX2024A Oscilloscope I2C Analysis
• Aim-TTi TF930 3GHz Frequency Counter Internal PSU
• Air Quality in Your Home: Measuring using Home Assistant with Ikea Vindriktning and Netatmo
• aluminium imac hard drive upgrade guide
• Amazon Echo Dot 3rd Gen Smart Speaker with Clock Teardown
• Amazon Echo Dot 4th Gen Smart Speaker Teardown
• Amazon Echo Dot 5th Gen Smart Speaker Teardown
• Amazon Echo Flex Teardown
• Amazon Echo Input Teardown
• Amazon Echo Pop Smart Speaker teardown
• Amazon Echo Show 5 2nd Gen Smart Display Teardown
• Amazon Echo Spot Teardown - Smart speaker with LCD
• AMD Ryzen 9 3900X PC build in Fractal Design Meshify S2 case
• Android Tablet and Arduino DIY pick and place component selector
• Antex TCS230 50W Temperature Controller Part 1
• Apple ATI Radeon HD 5870 Fan Upgrade
• Apple G5 iMac Screen Flickering and Screen Corruption
• Apple iPad Air 2 vs Android Nexus tablet teardowns
• Apple Mac Pro Tower High Pitch Whine
• Arduino based Solar PV and Hot water monitoring and logging
• Arduino Mains Voltage and Current Logging
• Arduino Mains Water Pump Logging
• Arduino Solar Logging Installed
• Arduino Solar Logging Update
• Atmel AVR Dragon Programmer Case
• Automatic component feeders DIY pick and place Part 1
• Automatic component feeders DIY pick and place Part 2
• Axminster SIEG C1 Micro Lathe Modifications
• Axminster SIEG Super X1 Micro Mill Ballscrew Upgrade and Modifications
• Axminster SIEG Super X1 Micro Mill Dremel Addition
• Axminster SIEG Super X1 Micro Mill Z Axis Ballscrew Upgrade
• Back Pain with Sciatica during Lockdown
• Banana Pi first tests
• Be quiet silent loop water cooler fail
• Bitmap to Byte array for e-ink display
• BlackMagic Intensity Pro HDMI capture of Galaxy Nexus and iPad 2
• Blackmagic Intensity Pro 4K Heatsink mod
• BOBOVR M3 Pro battery pack inductor noise fix on Meta Quest 3
• Broadband problems with REIN interference
• Building a Linux server with an Asus Tinker Board
• Buying Used Test Equipment from Ham Radio Rallies
• Camera Carry Grip Handle
• Camera mount with finder scope fitting for HEQ5 PRO mount
• Canon Camera Wireless Remote Control
• Canon MPE 65mm to Sigma EM 140 DG ringflash adapter
• Car History Album
• Cateye Micro Wireless Bike Computer interference
• Cental Heating Control via Windows Phone and Raspberry Pi
• Cheap Sources of Components
• CIF CF02 reflow oven heater module upgrade
• CIF CF02 Reflow Oven Upgrade to Zallus Learning Controller
• CIF Relflow oven forced air cooling fan addon
• CNC Mill Controller for Stepper Motor Milling Machine
• CNC Mill Driver and Motor Controller Upgrades
• CNC Mill new Fixed Z Axis Upgrade
• Collecting old photos of my hometown of Swanage
• Cycle Training with Video Routes
• Dangerous LED Outdoor Floodlights
• Designing a PIC24 Development Board
• Developing a new product to sell
• DIY Camera Laser Break Beam Trigger
• DIY Camera Laser Break Beam Trigger MK 2
• DIY Chromakey wall
• DIY LCD monitor flush wall mount
• Diy Manual Pick and Place Machine
• DIY Pick and Place V2 Picker Head Assembly
• DIY Pick and Place V2 Picker X Axis build update
• DIY Pick and Place Design Files
• DIY Pick and Place Speed Updates
• DIY Pick and Place USB Controller Board
• DIY Pick and Place V2 All Axis Testing
• DIY Pick and Place V2 Base Vision LED Array
• DIY Pick and Place V2 Feeder Activator build problems
• DIY Pick and Place V2 Pick and Place Vision System
• DIY Pick and Place V2 Picker Y Axis gearbox and drive
• DIY Pick and Place V2 Project Complete
• DIY Pick and Place V2 Vacuum Nozzle Holders
• DIY Pick and Place V2 Vibratory Chip Feeder
• DIY Rotary 360 Table for Product Shots
• DIY Solar Solar Panel
• DIY Soldering Robot Project Completed
• Echo Dot 3rd Gen Digging Deeper
• Echo Dot 3rd Gen Smart speaker Teardown
• Elgato Key Light remote control using an ESP32 Wi-Fi module
• Energy Savings and Solar PV Upgrade, Six Months of Data
• ESP32 RGB Microscope LED Ring Light
• ESP8266 Mains Energy Monitor
• ESP8266 Wifi RGB LED Controller
• Excess Packaging from RS Components
• External Button Connections
• Failed TP-Link Kasa Smart KP115 WiFi Plug with energy monitoring relay replacement
• First year of data and savings from Solar PV array upgrade
• Fitting a Raptor Dash into a 1999 TD5 Defender
• Fitting a Redbooster Clutch Servo kit to an TD5 Landrover Defender
• Ford sync 3 interference white noise from speakers
• Ford Sync 3 USB Drive Music Playlists
• From Arduino to IOIO and Android Solar Logging
• Fujinon Pro 2010 night vision monocular teardown and repair
• Fujinon Pro 2010 Night Vision Scope Infrared LED Mod
• Garmin Edge 810 and GoPro Hero 3 GPS Interference
• Gas Meter Hall Effect Sensor
• Gigabit Internet Gateway Network PC
• GoPro Hero 2 Handlebar mount
• GoPro Hero 7 Black first ride videos
• HackRF One SDR EMI Shield installation
• HackRF One Shielded Case Installation
• Ham Radio Asterisk Allstar Gateway with a Tait 8110 and Raspberry Pi
• Home Assistant remote ESP32 ePaper Display
• Home Assistant Setup in 2022
• Home Data Logger Zigbee Sensor Upgrades
• Home Energy Solar Logger Update
• Home Network Upgrade - 48 port switch
• Home Server upgrade to an Intel N100 fanless ASRock N100DC-ITX
• Home Solar PV Panels Upgrade Finished
• Hope One LED Light GoPro mount
• HP MediaSmart EX475 VGA Port Mod and Linux Install
• HTC Desire Custom Wood Dock
• HTC HD7 and Apple iPod Touch Wooden Stand
• Ikea Styrbar with Home Assistant as a Sonos Remote Control
• IOIO Android I2C Light Levels using TSL2561 Logging Code
• IOIO Android I2C Temperature Logging Code
• iPod dock in dashboard for Landrover Defender
• John Smith, Googlebot and abandoned shopping carts
• July Storms and Flooding
• Kasa Smart Plug by TP-Link Power Consumption Mods
• Kent Hand Morse Key Restoration
• Land Rover Defender roof insulation upgrade
• Land Rover Defender Split Charge Setup
• Landrover Defender Replacement crossmember fitting
• Learning Code, Raspberry Pi, Fruit, and Growing Food
• LEE Bug Filters and GoPro Hero
• Logitech Harmony 885 remote control 12 Volt Solar Charger
• Low Voltage Cut off using MAX8212
• Magnetic PCB holders
• Manual Pick and Place V2
• Mastervolt Soladin 600 Inverter RF Interference
• Mastervolt Soladin 600 Optical Interface Noise Fail
• Mastervolt Soladin 600 Wi-Fi logging adapter with ESP32
• Mastervolt Soladin RF Filtering
• Maynuo M9812 Programmable LED DC Electronic Load
• Maynuo M9812 Serial to USB Adapter
• Merlin Panohead Modifications to take Canon 5D Mk 2
• Metcal SP200 Soldering Station Repair
• Milling Machine Ballscrew End Float Fix
• Mk2 DIY Solar Panels
• ModBus to MQTT WiFi Bridge for a Solis 1.5kW Inverter
• Modding Beat Saber on the Quest 3 with ModsBeforeFriday
• ModernUI Pick and Place Controller Software
• Monitoring Air Quality with the AirGradient Open Air Outdoor Monitor and Home Assistant
• Mosquitto MQTT and Home Assistant Data Logging
• myenergi eddi solar power diverter installation with WiFi
• Nest Learning Thermostat 3rd Gen Hot Water Installation
• Nest Thermostat to Home Assistant via 1-Wire, Arduino and MQTT
• New Brunel BMSZ trinocular stereomicroscope
• New C.I.F FT 03 Batch reflow oven
• New DJI Mavic Pro Drone
• New Raspberry Pi Analogue to Digital converter
• New Smart Gas Meter Broke Home Assistant long term logging
• New Workshop Video Recording Setup
• Nextbase 512G Dashcam low profile mount mod for Ford Focus
• OBS Microscope Wi-Fi Remote Control
• Oculus Rift broken Cable repair attempt
• Oculus Rift first impressions and VR sickness
• Panasonic Pick and Place Feeder Hack
• PartFinder 2.0 Core component inventory manager
• PartFinder component inventory manager
• PDF Printing from a Server using C#
• Phone cradle with Garmin Quarter turn mount
• Pick and Place Cable Upgrades
• Pick and Place Controller V3 Part 1
• Pick and Place Controller V3 Part 2
• Pick and Place Picker Software Upgrade
• Pick and Place Software 2017
• Pick and Place Software Version 2-2 Update
• Pick and Place USB Control Software
• Pioneer SX-N30 Stereo Receiver 12V Remote Output Mod
• Postal Address Parser
• Powerpole Fused Distribution Board
• Powerpole Fused Distribution Board Case
• PSU Temperature Monitor
• QuietPC Silent Fan Upgrade
• Radxa X2L and ADC Pi, Microcontrollers with Linux
• Radxa X2L Computer Custom 3D Printed Case
• Railway Sky LED Controller
• Raspberry Pi board Test Jigs
• Raspberry Pi central heating controller
• Raspberry Pi Fan Controller and Interface
• Raspberry Pi GPIO Protection
• Raspberry Pi High Quality Camera Fungus image quality problems
• Raspberry Pi High Quality Camera on the Microscope
• Raspberry Pi I2C Analog to Digital Converter
• Raspberry Pi I2C Microchip MCP3428 ADC Reading
• Raspberry Pi I2C Microchip MCP9800123 Temperature Sensor
• Raspberry Pi model A vs Model B
• Raspberry Pi Solar Data Logger
• Raspberry Pi solar data logger after one year
• Raspberry Pi Solar Data Logger v2 Plans
• Raspberry Pi Solar Data Logger Version 2
• Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W external antenna mod
• Raspberry Pi Zero Handheld Barcode Scanner Part 1
• Raspberry Pi Zero Handheld Barcode Scanner Part 2
• Raspberry Pi Zero Handheld Barcode Scanner Part 3
• Raspberry Pi Zero W external antenna mod
• RC Bike Project with Carbon frame
• Record Vise No 1 and No 2 Restoration
• RF Shielding on a Mains Inverter
• Rigol DHO804 Oscilloscope Quiet Fan Mod
• Saving power on the home network
• Scam emails from a "certified photographer"
• Setting up Home Assistant on Raspbian Jessie Lite with I2C
• Shelly EM Power Logging with Home Assistant
• Sinclair ZX81 Kit Build
• SMA 50-ohm terminator dummy loads
• Small Space Workshops
• SMC Vacuum and Air Valve Upgrade
• Social Meta Tag Generator
• Solar Air Removal Upgrade SpiroVent RV2
• Solar Hot Water Install Dual Coil Cylinder
• Solar Hot Water Install Stage One
• Solar Hot Water to 1-Wire Interface
• Solar Panel Supplier Zero Home Bills Scammed me out of £640
• Solar Upgrade Solis 1.5kW inverter and Raspberry Pi RS485 Logging
• SolarStorm X2 LED Bike Lights Mount Modifications
• Soldering Robot Designing the Motor Driver Board
• Soldering Robot Head Assembly
• Soldering Robot Solder Feeder
• Soldering Robot Temperature Controller
• Sonoff POW R2 Smart Switch power consumption mod
• Sonos Door and Window Alerts from Home Assistant
• Sony Bravia 55XE90 KD-55XE9005 Teardown VR Damage
• Sony MDS-JE440 Minidisc loading belt replacement
• Starting your own ecommerce business
• Steering wheel bearings upgrade
• Summer 2016 Workshop Update
• Synology DiskStation DS411+II Repair - Blue Flashing LED
• T962 Infrared Reflow Oven Vent Hack
• TECHNO SD 240 Manual operated stencil printer
• Testing 18650 Li-ion Batteries
• The Hackaday Effect
• The importance of checking your data backups
• Thermal Panel fitting
• Three Elgato Key Light remote control using an ESP32 Wi-Fi module
• TP Link Tapo TC65 Camera image capture using OpenCV for a webcam
• tp-link LB130 Smart Wi-Fi LED Bulb Python Control
• Transferring Apple Watch workouts into Garmin Connect
• Trooli Fibre Internet and a new UniFi Dream Machine Pro Network Upgrade
• Trying to Save Power and Lower our Energy Bills
• Twelve years of Raspberry Pi Development Boards
• Twenty Years of being Self Employed
• USB MultiComms Part Four Case
• USB MultiComms Part One USB Board
• USB MultiComms Part Three UART Board
• USB MultiComms Part Two RS232 Board
• USB Programming Cable for Tait TM8110 PMR Radios
• USB Smart Charger with Bluetooth LE
• USB to RS485 Adapter
• Vacuum Pickup upgrade
• Vacuum Valve air flow modification
• Variable RF Signal Sampler
• Virtual Swanage 20 years old
• Washing Machine notifications via Home Assistant and Sonos Smart Speakers
• Watercooled Xbox 360
• Website Design the day job update
• What’s happening and plans for 2024
• When lightning strikes
• Windows 10 IOT Libraries for Raspberry Pi
• Wiring Land Rover Defender Heated Seats
• Workshop ESD Anti-Static upgrades
• Workshop ESD Protection
• Workshop LED Light Panels
• Workshop Tool Storage Rack
• X1 Project First case change for a classic Xbox games console
• X2 Custom case built to make the Xbox console as small and quiet as possible
• XBee Central Heating Control via Raspberry Pi
• XMobile Xbox console in a car
• Yaesu FP-1030A Power Supply Repair
• Yaesu FT 817 Cat Control Headaches
• Yaesu VX-6 New Data Cable Fix
• Zwift ESP32 Bluetooth Wireless Keyboard Controller

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