My joy turned to anger. The parcel came in the afternoon and I was so happy when I opened the box. The white PCBs were so beautiful and I could not wait to get home. After populating the board, I powered it up and that is when everything went downhill on so many levels. It […]
Monthly Archives: August 2024
20240811 Blade Runner Spinner: Delegation
The problem with connectors Ever since (the Jurassic Period?) I realised that the intended spring connectors have a very serious weakness, I opted to go with a more no nonsense ‘traditional’ screw terminals. Which is great except that it takes up much more space than the former terminals. I have spent the whole day trying […]
20240811 It breaks like a resin
While I was mucking around the room the other day, I heard something dropped from the table. There was nothing on the floor apart from the pieces of paper that were previously on the table. So, I ignored the event. It was not until today that I saw a weird piece of resin on the […]
20240804 1/6th Proton Pack: Revision v004D
While waiting for the arrival of the PDK2019 Ghost Charger Board and some LiPo batteries, I re-started the Proton Pack project less I forget what I did the last time. With the microcontroller and most of the components plus LEDs soldered, it is time for me to move on to the software stage. Listen… you […]
20240803 Lighting for the AndersFP Blaster Pt.09
During a discussion with one of my Friends, we touched on the subject of the white wire located on the left side of the blaster. In the olden days, it was thought to be something else but now, we know what it was. After close to two decades, the original Blaster was revealed at Worldcon […]
