Month: June 2026

airnef and the Sony ILCE6100 (α6100) (WHL #120)

I’ve been thinking about a slight upgrade to my main camera, the Sony RX100M2. I got it quite a while ago, *checks blog post history*, in early 2019, and since it is a compact camera, it hasn’t been modified, despite the wide variety of tasks that I threw at it. It’s still decent for most jobs, it works most of the time (sometimes you gotta slap it back into action when the sensor reads garbage, and the mode wheel has been acting up lately), but e.g. on my 2 week trip to Xinzo de Limia, I thought about a backup device in case something happens, for whatever cause/reason. […]

28th June 2026 29th June 2026 By Bzzz In No Comment

Cdycam 3pcs/1bag PoE Splitter Power Over Ethernet 48V to 12V IEEE802.3af Standard Type 15W Power Supply Module For NonPoe Camera (WHL #119)

Here’s something that lasted just shy of five years – a PoE to 12V converter.

I just checked, I never wrote about these things…so here we go. Last week, the ESP32 in my living room stopped working. It does serve as a sensor station (temperature, humidity) for the DECT heater valve in the living room, and it also runs some LED stripes around the house, some of which are automated via iobroker, and some are activated by infrared sensors. They all can be changed over a simple web interface as well. Turns out: The ESP is fine, but the power supply, a PoE to 12V converter, is dead. […]

7th June 2026 7th June 2026 By Bzzz In No Comment