Ordering from the local eCommerce is so much faster. But the catch, I suppose, is that they either have available stock or, well, better shipping system. And this is the big difference between ordering from a Chinese-based Local Account and ordering from China. But today, this is another story as the magnets were from a […]
20220714 1615 Orange White LED
Finally, the bi-color LEDs has arrived. I was searching for them for weeks. and I did not know I needed them. Actually, I just wanted a bi-colour LED that has an Amber (Orange) LED in already. Ok, maybe even yellow. I don’t mind pairing with other contrasting colours except red. Ans it must be about […]
20220714 Soldering the Front Array PCB
THE SHIPPING On average, it takes about 4 to 8 weeks for my stuff to arrive in this post-pandemic era. And sometimes, they can be two weeks earlier, such as some of my ‘critical’ orders for this Project. To be fair, I had emails stating that most of the packages had arrive in the Country […]
20220713 TR-595E Front Array PCB: Component Orientation
BOARD ORIENTATION Soldering the board is not really that complicated. Except that I opted not to place the component values over the original Gerber text when I was placing my order with JLCPCB. I do not want the wordings of the component VALUES to clash with the original Gerber NAME wordings. The Gerber data is […]
12072022 The Webcam part 02
So, about one month later, the varifocal lens is here! And it is actually quite light, making me self-doubt my decision not to get the much bigger (but more expensive) lens. Initial testing on the Works PC looks good but the focusing is very tight, just like those CCTV cameras. If you turn the lens […]
