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Now that I own a 'current ranger' device, I am measuring the power consumption of old projects of mine. Pictured below a Atmega328+RFM69 based smoke alarm detector, standby current is 6.5uA so practically no battery impact..

Kenwood breadmaker hub & drive coupling assembly replacement instructions literally say take apart the breadmaker to pieces in order to replace the broken drive. Estimated repair time: 1 hr 30 min. Me: drill the bottom out, swap the part and be done in less than 15 min The replacement instructions: https://www.espares.co.uk/advice/careandmaintenance/replacing-a-breadmaker-hub-and-drive-coupling-assembly-twist-and-lock

@LowPowerLab Current ranger just arrived, excited to test out

What is the proper shielding enclosure and measurement location (indoors/outdoors) for Geiger counter projects? Taking mine outside gives Chernobyl level readings , indoors is 0.15uSv/h (15-25 cpm) .. so obviously direct sunlight affects the GM tube heavily, and it must be shielded. Good information here: https://www.gqelectronicsllc.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=4540

Completed a connected environmental radioactivity monitor project. Pumps live data to the geiger counter world map http://gmcmap.com, records readings history for dashboard visualization and alerts me if abnormal values are detected. #IoT

Geiger counter kit just in, planning on recording readings over time and setting up a cloud based alarm. Aliexpress link: https://a.aliexpress.com/_BTKtci

My ZX80 disassembly notes on the back of my ZX Spectrum Basic programming book. Sent me back to 1988 for a moment..

33 FPS on simple brightness settings GUI on #esp32 + LVGL v7

Drive your car by any of my home security cameras and they will log your license plate and timestamp. Not sure it is proper or even legal, but it took me 10 minutes to do it with Node-RED and openalpr #security #IoT #AI