Electronics and technology blog    /    Materials for 06.08.2017

I often see people measuring the capacity of smartphone batteries, power banks, and the like with USB testers in forum comments and reviews. I once tried to explain why measuring them this way makes no sense, but today I’ll approach it from another angle and test the testers themselves.

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Last fall, I posted a review of the interesting Vorke V1 mini PC. It’s a pretty good machine: fast, doesn’t overheat, and lets you install a hard drive. Not long ago, an updated version with an Apollo Lake J3455 processor appeared on the market. I got interested, ordered one, and wrote a review. Of course, the review includes a look at the device, tests, a teardown, and a comparison with the previous version.

Back in winter, I posted a review of 64x32-pixel RGB LED panels, which gave me a 192x32-pixel scrolling display. But, as I found out once again, the more you have, the more you want, so I decided to double the resolution—not by making it longer, but by making it taller. Anyway, if you're interested in this topic, come on in.