I have come across this resistor in some boards and mostly, from the Internet. My mind was thinking, why, of all things, do you need a zero resistance component on a circuit board? This weird component comes in both through-hole and SMD packages too. But for this post, I am concentrating on the surface mount […]
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20241105 Lighting for the AndersFP Blaster Pt.23 – Starting Production pt. 02
My Apologies Sorry for the lack of up dates as there is not much to be done until the components have arrived. And when they do, its going to be a fortnight’s worth of soldering and stuff. The boards have arrived first and so, I was able to prep them. The most time-consuming part would […]
20241013 Lighting for the AndersFP Blaster Pt.22 – Starting Production Pt.01
About 5 days ago, the circuit boards has arrived and you can say, I was overjoyed because this signals the completion of the prototyping stage and into the production stage. As usual, a small project grew into a sizeable challenge and the saving grace was that I was able to learn a few things from […]
20241011 MELF-ing Away
At one time, the MELF (Metal Electrode Leadless Face) SMD components were the rage. They are love vibrations (it got dropped/knocked?), almost immune to thermal shocks (someone left it in the freezer and took it out?), better heat dissipation, and long-term stability in operation. Heck, when compared to the normal chip resistors (eg. 0805 and […]
