If you’re looking for replacement parts for your Xiaomi Robot Vacuum cleaner, just be aware that there are a lot of fake (3rd party) replacement components for sale on the market. I am not sure if the quality is measurably worse, but the genuine components sell for 3x to 4x the price of the aftermarket … [Read more…]
Over the last couple of years, there has been a new category of home appliances that has started to appear on the market – the rise of the robot vacuum cleaners! Like a new kind of kitchen gadget, I was immediately interested if Robovacs could live up the the hype and promises they claimed. In … [Read more…]
Just a quick one: If you’ve previously used Divi or another Elegant Themes product and getting this error recurring in your wordpress debug log: PHP Notice: register_sidebar was called <strong>incorrectly</strong>. No <code>id</code> was set in the arguments array for the “Layout Builder Widget Area 1” sidebar. Defaulting to “sidebar-9”. Manually set the <code>id</code> to “sidebar-9″ … [Read more…]
The Promise of USB-C World peace…. one ring to rule them all… one connector for everything. Fits right in doesn’t it? Unfortunately, things are never as simple as they may seem. USB Type-C, or USB-C as it is commonly called, promises a lot, but also brings along a lot of compromises, confusion, and catches. For … [Read more…]
In my JGAurora A5 printer, it is run by a pair of MakerBase modules. The printer is run by a Makerbase MKS Gen L motherboard, which runs the open-source Marlin firmware. The printer LCD screen is an entirely separate component, and here JGAurora have used the MKS TFT28 LCD module, which is an entirely proprietary … [Read more…]
I generally like troubleshooting. The juicier the problem, the more rewarding is the feeling of having solved it. Of course, solving other people’s problems is often lot more fun than solving your own – they are grateful, and you get to feel good about having done something nice for someone else. Possibly the best part … [Read more…]
Thrift shopping for old tech to pull apart is a fun hobby of mine. As far as hobbies go, it’s a relatively inexpensive one too. I picked up an AVLABS AVL340 – bascially a hifi with a screen and an iPod dock. I paid $30, which I still think was too much, but was far … [Read more…]
Let me start by saying that I have a passion for technology – some might classify it as a love, others might call it techno-lust, but whatever it is, I really enjoy new gadgets, and I especially enjoy learning about what makes them tick. From a young age I’ve been pulling things apart, and I … [Read more…]
To be clear – this rant is not intended to be a personal attack on Roy. Everyone says he is a great guy, and his products at Panucatt Devices are fanstastic – e.g “Roy Cortes is probably one of the nicest guys I have run into in the 3D Printing community” But I think things have … [Read more…]
If you’re like me, and prefer to use millimetre measurement units (MMGS) in your favourite CAD program you’re going to have a very bad time in COMSOL. By default, COMSOL will assume that a imported DXF file uses meters (MGS). The result will be that your simulation runs fine, but you may find that “nothing happens” or the … [Read more…]