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Which 4.2V solar charge controller is better: SD05CRMA vs. SDBK03TA 4V2 (lemmy.ca)
submitted 2 weeks ago by Coehill@lemmy.ca to c/solardiy@lemmy.world
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I need a small solar charge controller for a 4.2V battery and a 5V solar panel. In my research, I found the SD05CRMA and the SDBK03TA 4V2.

Both use a 472 and a 1201 resistor. They both also use a CN3163 mppt lithium ion battery charge controller.

I see no other differences besides price.

Are there any benefits of one over the other in terms of physical architecture?

SDBK03TA

SD05CRMA

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Why is the SLZB Ultima so Cheap? is there a catch? (lemmy.ca)
submitted 3 weeks ago by Coehill@lemmy.ca to c/homeassistant@lemmy.world
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I was reading the changelog for the Home Assistant SLZB Add-on and saw they added support for the SLZB Ultima. I looked it up on Aliexpress out of curiosity, expecting it to be their most expensive offering since it has 4 antennas for Z-Wave, Zigbee, Thread, and 4G/LTE. Also RGB (eyeroll). But its price is similar to other SLZB offerings. I'm suspicious since it seems too good to be true. Is the price low because there was no support previously or are there problems with the device?

Welcome New Users! by Coehill in c/main@lemmy.ca
[-] Coehill@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 months ago

Can you please add Liberapay as a donation option? I don't see it on your donation page.

Starting point by Coehill in c/deGoogle@lemmy.ca
[-] Coehill@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 months ago

It's quite new and the only non-American option to date. Mapillary is owned by Facebook.

Starting point by Coehill in c/deGoogle@lemmy.ca
[-] Coehill@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 months ago

Can you also add Panoramax as an alternative to Google Street View in the sidebar? It's French, FOSS, and federated.

Starting point by Coehill in c/deGoogle@lemmy.ca
[-] Coehill@lemmy.ca 3 points 11 months ago

I recommend Ecosia over DuckDuckGo. DDG is American and uses bing whereas Ecosia is European and although it uses bing, they are developing an independent indexer.

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Sync.com is a Canadian alternative to Dropbox and Google Drive (www.sync.com)
submitted 11 months ago by Coehill@lemmy.ca to c/deGoogle@lemmy.ca
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If you are more tech savvy, you can use Nextcloud.

Is there a recommended way to contribute to OpenStreetMaps? There's so much stuff in Vancouver that could use updates, but I'm not sure where to start by Coehill in c/openstreetmap_ca@lemmy.ca
[-] Coehill@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 months ago

I recommend starting with StreetComplete. It's a lot of fun.

For desktop, start with the standard ID editor which is user friendly.

Should we be mapping paved shoulders for cyclists? by Coehill in c/openstreetmap_ca@lemmy.ca
[-] Coehill@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I love to see other mappers of bike infrastructure in Ontario. There's an active mapper in Kitchener-Waterloo but other than that, it sometimes feels like I'm the only one.

Now if only we could get more Panoramax mappers in Ontario...

I map shoulders with StreetComplete.

Coehill

joined 11 months ago