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 […]
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20240812 The simplest mistake
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 […]
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 […]
