Monthly Archives: September 2025

XHDATA D-219 Radio Review

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XHDATA D-219 Radio Review

First off let me say that I love radios. The correct amount of radios to own is “one more”. I was ecstatic when XHDATA reached out and asked me to review the US version of their D-219 radio.

Current price is $9.99 which is almost impossible to pass up. There are a couple of versions of the radio. The green radio on the left in the photo above is the 9K (Asia, Europe) version and the white one is the 1K (US) version. You can get either radio in either color. And if I am not mistaken I have seen some gray ones on Amazon as well.

I purchased the green one and soon after XHDATA contacted me and asked if I wanted to review the US version. Yes, please.

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Benfei HDMI Adapters

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Benfei HDMI Adapters

Benfei HDMI Adapters

I think that Benfei has sent me just about every thing in their catalog to review. And it is my strong belief that as a MacBookAir user that only has a couple of USB-C ports, that adapters really expand your capabilities. In this blog I have several more Benfei HDMI adapters to test.

Let’s get to it!

HDMI adapter are in strong rotation here at my house. I use HDMI cables on every TV, and Raspberry Pi’s galore. I also use them with a KVM, and we use them at my Mother In Laws house to be able to connect a computer easily to her TV to stream church for her on Sunday mornings.

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PCBWay Printed Circuit Board Prototype Review

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PCBWay Printed Circuit Board Prototype Review

pcbway printed circuit board

If you stumble across my site chances are you were looking for something technical. And if you were looking for something technical you may have had a need to put that technical idea onto a printed circuit board. This is where PCBWay can help

There are just so many times that I have used the venerable old breadboard to lay out my projects. And then sometimes those projects just stay like that.

pcbway printed circuit board

So suppose you’d like to translate that simple circuit into something a lot more polished. Why not sketch out your idea and make a proper printed circuit board (PCB)?

There are a ton of PCB software design solutions out there. For years I have used a program called “Fritzing”. But PCBWay can help with prototype design as well.

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