Electronics and technology blog    /    Materials for 22.08.2017

A TV box in the form of a Khadas single-board computer based on the Amlogic S912, with plenty of expansion ports (GPIO, I2C, UART, etc.), 3 GB of RAM and 64 GB of flash storage. This TV box is perfect for experimenting, firmware debugging, gaming, watching TV and many other uses.

I got my hands on another batch of batteries, this time Samsung ICR18650-26HM cells. Their only real selling point is the price, since capacity and maximum discharge current are clearly not their strong suits. But why not test them, especially when I have the time and feel like it? I’ll also try to clear up a couple of misconceptions about batteries.