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Cooler Master Pi Case 40
Case Reviews Comparisons Cooler Master 

Cooler Master Pi CASE 40 for Raspberry Pi 4 (GPIO WARNING!)

7th March 20219th March 2021 martin 0 Comments Case Review, Raspberry Pi, stressberry, Testing

If you’ve read any of my other Raspberry Pi 4 case reviews, you’ll know I’m a fan of passively cooled

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Raspberry Pi 4 with Blue WiFi symbol overlay
Comparisons Troubleshooting 

Raspberry Pi WiFi Performance Revisited

21st February 202121st February 2021 martin 0 Comments Raspberry Pi, Testing, WiFi

Back in 2019, I attempted to characterise the impact on WiFi performance of various different Raspberry Pi 4 cases. The

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Argon One M.2 SSD Case for Raspberry Pi
Argon Forty Case Reviews Comparisons Reviews 

Argon ONE M.2 SSD Case for Raspberry Pi 4 Review

23rd January 20216th April 2021 martin 6 Comments Case Review, HTPC, Raspberry Pi, stressberry, Testing

Following the firmware release which added the ability to boot the Raspberry Pi 4 from an SSD, the team at

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Case Reviews Comparisons Reviews 

The Raspberry Pi Product That Shouldn’t Exist

31st December 202031st December 2020 martin 0 Comments Case Review, Raspberry Pi, Stress, stressberry, Testing

When the Raspberry Pi 4 originally launched I wrote about how when enclosed in the official case sitting idle on

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Unifi ssh terminal showing snmpwalk
Guide 

Enabling SNMP on Ubiquiti UDM Pro

6th November 20206th November 2020 martin 14 Comments SNMP, Ubiquiti, UDM Pro, Unifi

It seems odd that a self-proclaimed Dream Machine “Pro” device lacks SNMP capability, something fairly ubiquitous amongst most networking products.

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Automated Dog Door
Automatic Pet Door Home Automation Projects 

Automatic Dog Door (Part 3) – Version 1.0 Complete

6th November 202023rd January 2021 martin 0 Comments Automation, Home Assistant, Home Automation, Particle Photon, Stepper

This post is the final part of a series from initial idea and prototype automated dog/pet door I described in Part

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Raspberry Pi4 Connected to SSD via USB3
Guide 

Raspberry Pi4 USB3.0 Storage Performance

22nd June 202024th June 2020 martin 0 Comments Benchmarking, Raspberry Pi

The ability to boot from USB3.0 storage devices attached to the Raspberry Pi4 has been long anticipated. On 17 June

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Wall mounted multisensor and ultra sonic sensor for measuring salt level in water softener
Home Automation Projects 

Water Softener Salt Level Monitor (and more)

7th June 202014th March 2021 martin 14 Comments Arduino, Home Assistant, Home Automation, Wemos

Living in a hard water area is a pain, so several years ago we had a water softener installed which

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Broadband Utilisation Display
Projects 

Broadband Utilisation Display

31st May 20207th June 2020 martin 6 Comments Arduino, SNMP, Wemos

We’ve always relied heavily on our home broadband but even more so during the current COVID19 lockdown. The whole family

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219 Design Case - Developer Mode
219 Design Case Reviews Reviews 

219 Design Raspberry Pi 4 3D Printed Case

30th March 202031st March 2020 martin 0 Comments Case Review, Raspberry Pi, Stress, stressberry, Testing

I was contacted by Abe McKay, Mechanical Engineer at 219 Design to see if I was interested in testing their

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