20240819 Lighting for the AndersFP Blaster Pt.14

20240819 Lighting for the AndersFP Blaster Pt.14

And it’s away to JLCPCB. All these revisions are costing me quite a bit in terms of cash and more importantly, time. Every time a design is sent out to them, I would only get it in about an average of 2 weeks. So, I have to check the design very carefully and be certain. […]

20240817 Lighting for the AndersFP Blaster Pt.13

20240817 Lighting for the AndersFP Blaster Pt.13

Well, this is disappointing. The TP4057 USB-C charger module what arrived this afternoon has a problem. I do not mind that they have changed one of the LEDs to green instead of blue. What I am not happy is that the board is slightly bigger than the earlier ones. I am not sure what happened […]

20240816 Lighting for the AndersFP Blaster Pt.12

20240816 Lighting for the AndersFP Blaster Pt.12

Progress update I have completed populating the Board last night and there’s not much issue I can tell. Even the dry-fitting looks good but I have yet to really test it. This is more or less the final design of the board. Right now, I can say the PKD2019 version is done, save for the […]

20240814 Lighting for the AndersFP Blaster Pt.11

20240814 Lighting for the AndersFP Blaster Pt.11

I got the revised board two nights ago. Although I am still not in the mood, I need to get this done as soon as possible. Instead of programming a new PIC microcontroller, I decided to remove it from the previous board and put it onto the new PKD board. Another term for being Lazy […]

20240814 Lighting for the AndersFP Blaster Pt.10

20240814 Lighting for the AndersFP Blaster Pt.10

The PKD2019 Boards so far Yesterday, I received the latest PCB design on a late afternoon. And after experiencing an embarrassing design mistake, I am not too keen to start on the board so quickly. So, the whole evening was spent on Family errands and a nice little after-dinner nap which was so exhausting, I […]