What's in the Box?

Here is another "What's in the Box?"

Contents:
   

1.  Nylon nuts and bolts

2.  IN5822  Diodes

3.  Banana Plugs + Terminals

4.  Fuse Holders and PWS Terminals

5.  Fuses

6.  2 Screw Terminals

7.  Momentary Push Switches

8.  HDMI Convertes

9.  Raspberry Pi Heat Sinks

10.   Set of Soldering Tips

11.   Raspberry Pi USB Power Cables

12.  Ultra Violet Leds

13.  2 x 12v 5 rpm Motors

14.  2 x L298N Motor Controllers

15.  Volt Amp Meter

16.  Fan Speed Controller

17.  Arduino Pro Mini ATMEG328P 

 
What do I have in mind for the above items?

Watch the ZS Link Hub Network Blog for updates and how these components will be utilized.    https://grhubnetwork.blogspot.com/
 
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What's in the Box?

 

Here is another "What's in the Box?"

Contents:

    1 x Adafruit Si5351A Clock Breakout Board

    20 x 100nF Capacitors

    10 x LED panel mount holders

    10 x 2N2222 Transistors

    1  x 3v 1 channel Relay Board

    1  x Raspberry Pi Zero 2 Adapter Kit

    1  x  Raspberry Pi Zero 2

    10 x LED's  (Red + Green)

    40 Male to Female Jumpers 30 cm in length

  
What do I have in mind for the above items?

Watch the GRHub Network Blog for updates and how these components will be utilized.
 
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What is in the Box?

 

Here is another "What's in the Box?"

Contents:

    2 x Yale Smoke Detector Alarms

    1 x USB 3 Hub 4 Ports

    1 x 32 Gig SanDisk SD Card

    1 x USB Sound Card Adapter

 
What do I have in mind for the above items?

The Yale smoke detectors will be installed in my house for obvious reasons.  These two complete the installation of smoke detectors inside the house.

The USB Hub will be used in a future power extension project. 

The 32 Gig SD card will be used as a backup card for SvxLink.

The USB Sound Card Adapter will form part of a radioless AllStar Node. 
 
Follow the GRHub Network Blog for updates on these projects.   

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What is in the Box?

 

 Here is another "What's in the Box?"

Contents:

    1 x ENC Desktop ABS Project Cabinet
    6 x Core Ferrite EMI Supressors
 
What do I have in mind for the above modules?

The six ferrite suppressors will be used in a repeater project.
Once you played with AllStar it never stops.  The cabinet will be used to build an AllStar Radioless Node.
 
Follow the GRHub Network Blog for updates on these projects.   

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What is in the Box?

Here is another "What's in the Box?"

Contents:

• 3 x 18650 Battery Holders
  
• 1 x Oled LED Screen
  
• 1 x WaveShare USB 3 to Gigabit Ethernet Converter
  

What do I have in mind for the above modules?

The 3 battery holders will be used to convert cheap LED lights.

The Oled screen will be used in a LoRa Project

The WaveShare  Converter will be used to link the AllStar GRHub Network to the ZS1I AREDN Mesh Network.

 

Follow the GRHub Network Blog for updates on these modular projects.   

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What's in the Box?

Here is another "What's in the Box?"

Contents:

• Panel Mount - USB A Male to USB A Female
• USB Audio Input/Output Dongle
• USB A male to Micro B cable
• Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W
• PAM 8403 Audio Amp 

What do I have in mind for the above modules?

All the above will be used for a new Echolink/AllStar Node

Follow the GRHub Network Blog for updates on these modular projects.   

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What is in the Box?

"What is in the Box?"   I do not like to publish every single electronic item I bought or receive.  However it seems that this is quite a popular topic and that readers would like to see more of these posts.  Please note that I do not publish these to brag or boast about but purely out of interest to readers.  Furthermore I do not get paid to talk, review or publish items of manufacturers. 

Items:

• 4 x Super Blue 5mm LEDs
• 2 x Enclosures 72 x 50 x 20 mm
• 2 x 18650 Battery holders
• 2 x Arduino Buck Converters 5v
• 2 x Banana Male Set, Red Black 4mm
• 1 x 3w Amplifier Module + Volume control
• 1 x BNC Male to Banana 4mm Converter
• 1 x USB OLED Tester
  

What do I have in mind for the above modules?

• Security warning lights
• Raspberry Pi PWS's
• Emergency Lights conversion
• AllStar Radioless Node
• USB Power Meter 

 

Follow the GRHub Network Blog for updates on these modular projects.   

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What is in the Box?

 

"What is in the Box?"   I do not like to publish every single electronic item I bought or receive.  However it seems that this is quite a popular topic and that readers would like to see more of these posts.  Please note that I do not publish these to brag or boast about but purely out of interest to readers.  Furthermore I do not get paid to talk, review or publish items of manufacturers. 

Items:

• 40 x 25mm  Jewellers Loupe Magnifier Magnifying Eye Glass
• 1 x SanDisk Ultra  64GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive
• 2 x Sandisk Ultra 32GB MicroSDHC Card

What do I have in mind for the above modules? 

Jewellers Loupe Magnifier

Well I would not have bought this little gem if I have not "lost" my old plastic double lens magnifier.  I n searched everywhere but cannot find the old magnifier.  I visited local Asian shops but did not find something suitable.  An online emporium advertised this 40 x 25mm  Jewellers Loupe.  I had to rely on some pictures and reviews about the quality and effectiveness of this magnifier.  This is really a gem and it functions very well.  At some stage I will do a video review. So look out for this one.

SanDisk Ultra  64GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive

To be used as a backup drive for the GRHub Network AllStar firmware.

2 x Sandisk Ultra 32GB MicroSDHC Card

Both will be used for future Raspberry Pi Projects.  Look out for these projects to be published on this Blog.

 

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What is in the Box?

 "What is in the Box?"  Since I published the last posting there were several boxes received with "toys" in it.  I do not like to publish every single electronic item I bought or receive.  However it seems that this is quite a popular topic and that readers would like to see more of these posts.  Please note that I do not publish these to brag or boast about but purely out of interest to readers.

Items:

• Battery 18650 Li-ion Protection Board 2s 8.4V 3A
• Battery Charger 18650 Li-ion (6-120V) Charger Controller Board XH-M602 
• Battery Holder 18650 2x Series or Parallel no Wires
• Bridge Rectifier 1200V 50A 3 Phase
• Battery Protection Discharge + Charge Controller Board YX-1708
  

What do I have in mind for the above modules?  All these components will be used to alleviate the effects of loadshedding in the amateur radio shack and in my home.  The projects will be posted on the GRHub Network Blog when completed.  I will however let the "cat out of the bag".

• Internet Radio backup battery.
• DIY Scrap Metal Wind Turbine to charge battery bank.
• Upgrade the previous Internet UPS Project to cater for Stage 6 - 16 loadshedding outages.
• Automatic Cut OFF/ON Battery Charger Controller for DIY DC 12-24V Battery Charger Project.
  

 

What is in the Box?

I once again received requests to when will I again publish  "What is in the Box?"  Since I published the last posting there were several boxes received with "toys" in it.  I do not like to publish every single electronic item I bought or receive.  However it seems that this is quite a popular topic and that readers would like to see more of these posts.  Please note that I do not publish these to brag or boast about but purely out of interest to readers.

For quite some time it was rather difficult to lay one's hands on certain Raspberry Pi's at reasonable prices.  This is still the case today.  Thankfully I was able to obtain a Raspberry Pi Zero W from my favorite emporium.  Now this was a great relief to see that Raspberry Pi stock is being replenished  slowly but surely.  Lets hope that other none available models will soon be available at reasonable prices.  With some shops asking absorbent prices it is better to order from Amazon which works out cheaper than buying locally.  Then many want to know why we do not support and buy local.  If the price is reasonable you will be supported otherwise you will have to face the music of going under.

What do I have in mind for this Raspberry Pi Zero W?  Well hear is a few ideas:

• Digital Radio HotSpot - Replacing the old Raspberry Pi Zero that does not have WiFi.
• See if I can get SvxLink going on this model
• Using it to track Aircraft - Flight Radar
• Setting up a Weather Cam using the unit with a Raspberry Pi Camera

Once again I have not decided but will keep you posted in this regard.  Just follow the GRHub Network Blog for updates.  

 

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