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Neat items you've bought recently? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Looking for some neat ideas/quality of life improvements aka lifehacks I guess

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Provided you live in a country that cares about transparency.

My meter has a single LED and a propietary optical connection that claims to alarm the supplier if used.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You can always wire up an ESP32 with an optical sensor that tracks the blinking of the LED. The meter should state how much energy is represented by a blink.
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Yep, I've got one of those going already! I'm currently working on improving the power consumption so I can run it off a LiFePo without recharging every week.