Running LED cable test with Quick Charge

Recently I reviewed a lot of micro-USB charging cables to see how well they would do during normal charging and using Qualcomm Quick Charge. So I thought I would review another micro-USB cable, this time with some cool lighting effects!

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ESP8266 LED lighting: LED Power Supply China vs Mean Well

As you’ve been able to read in previous posts, I’m working on a lighting system in my new home based on LED downlights and LED strip.

Although the LED Downlights can come with a driver, I’ve opted not to use those (and save about ~5$ per light). I will be driving both directly with DC power. This requires me to have a large amount of DC wattage. And since buying power supplies for this is an investment, I’ve decided to test a few “cheap” Chinese models vs Mean Well models to see how they compare and which would be the best investment. Continue reading ESP8266 LED lighting: LED Power Supply China vs Mean Well

Xbox One Scorpio vs PS4 Neo, great news for PC gamers!

Over the last few days news has been getting out or being released about the upcoming Sony Playstation 4 Neo (September/October this year) and the Microsoft Xbox One Scorpio (Somewhere Q2 2017).

Although I believe this to be all well and great for the console gamers, I’d like to highlight a different perspective on it, the PC gamers perspective, let’s start with a bit of history!

–Warning: This post has been written very much from my (a PC gamer) perspective! Continue reading Xbox One Scorpio vs PS4 Neo, great news for PC gamers!

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