A few years ago, I discovered the existence of resin flux and liquid solder. They come in the form of syringe-like containers. You can dispense them using the plunger as if it was a syringe. If the plastic was too weak or too tall, you then have the choice of using those aluminum ones. I […]
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20240505 Lighting for the AndersFP Blaster pt.01
Just yesterday, I saw a friend of mine, Dean Eyre on Facebook asking for some assistance to light up one of his models. It was a very simple request where 5 red LEDs needs to “glow up” once power is applied to it. At that time, the only clue was his posted image below: ORIGIN […]
Multicolour Silkscreen PCB from JLCPCB
While trawling through my JLCPCB account, I came across this notification dated April 1st. They are now able to to multilayer silkscreen which in other words, you can now put images on your PCB. I have seen some earlier designs from microcontrollers (Arduino?) but they used them sparingly to only mark the I/O pins. Designing […]
202040408 1/6th Proton Pack: The Guesstimation Process
Fitting a circuit board into a scale model is quite challenging and it usually ends up being a bespoke design. The challenge is to maximise the space within and making sure all the components fit in there. So far, in most scale models, I can skip this process because the available space was more than […]
20240316 You buy what we sell you
One of my pet peeves when it comes to buying stuff is the selection. Even with the convenience of on-line platforms I somehow felt that the choices there is rather limited. I can go from shop to shop and the answer is the same. Surfing on-line platforms is no different. And once in a while, […]
