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How BAD are cheap 18650 Li-Ion batteries from China?
China is a magical place where you can get everything for a fraction of a price. Like 10000mAh 18650 LiIon batteries for $1.5. Of course, we have to begin with a note, that there are no 10000mAh 18650 batteries! Technology does not allow for such energy density. And if they would exist, they would not…
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BlHeli Motor Timing Explained
What is motor timing? You can change it in the BlHeli configurator, but what does it do? Many tutorials say that you should increase Motor Timing. What is the gain of doing so? And why is it in degrees (at least in BLHeli_32)? The short answer is: higher timing equals slightly more torque but less…
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GoPro Media Mod microphone quality
GoPro makes great action cameras. Small, tough, with image stabilization and other cool features. For some time now, they can be used also for more “professional”, cinematic purposes. I’m recording quite a lot of my videos with the help of GoPro Hero camera. Previously with Hero 7 and Hero 8. Now with the Hero 10.…
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GoPro Hero 10 Black
GoPro releases the new action camera every year. Usually around September. This year was no different and only a few weeks ago we’ve been presented the anniversary release: GoPro Hero 10 Black. I purchased my Hero 10 a few days after the premiere. My target usage for this GoPro was: I need a smaller camera…
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My YouTube streaming setup
Becoming a YouTuber was one of the most surprising things that happened to me. One day, while laying in my bed, I thought that if some other guys can do it, why can’t I? I know things, I’m not afraid to talk, so maybe it’s something I can do as well. And just like that,…
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Gearbest bankrupted
Being an electronics retailer from China is not an easy piece of bread. Competition is fierce and current electronic prices are very high. On top of that, European Union VAT rules became much more strict. Every package that enters the EU has to have VAT collected from the recipient. As a result, fewer people are…
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NVIDIA Broadcast is awesome but not so much
Everybody wants NVIDIA RTX series graphic cards. OK, not literally everybody, but gamers and cryptocurrency miners want to have at least RTX 3060. Add high demand to low supply and prices will skyrocket like crazy. Now, NVIDIA wants to make one more group of people crave for RTX series graphic cads: streamers. Yes, those streamers…
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INAV 3.0 is ready for early adopters
Like every six months or so, it’s my great pleasure to give you the next release of INAV flight controller software. The INAV 3.0 is the next major release that brings multiple new features to the table. And this time, both multirotor and fixed-wing pilots will find something interesting for sure. The full list of…
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GitHub Actions changes to fight cryptocurrency miners
GitHub actions are a great CI/CD setup for every open-source project. Of course, as long, as the project is hosted on GitHub. It turned out, however, that cryptocurrency miners started to take advantage of that and propose abusive pull requests that were mining cryptos using GitHub computing power. This changed somehow. Yes, if you really,…