The 0603 SMD LEDs on the current design was great but as I start to fit it into the AMT model, about 30% of these fragile LEDs get knocked off their solder pads by the plastic half-rings. So, I started to solder them in a slightly smaller radius. This did minimise the issue but I […]
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20230611 SMD LED Soldering
This is how I solder small SMD LEDs. Thanks to okyoskar_1.87 who demonstrated this easy technique. For me, I would be using those grey 3M double-sided tapes instead as their glue kind of last longer against the soldering iron’s heat. So, just lay the SMD LEDs with their solder contacts face up. They are polarity […]
20230529 I guess maybe I am a freeloader
https://www.facebook.com/eric.kervina/posts/pfbid0T1ZwqmwuVLoza94dn8BfFGS27iW7PNbYooVBT5EG4xjkjoQHZakpfWzRDVeJyoTBl?cft[0]=AZXDJTlkqaBQzFlXHqAhvJB6jZwWVNc-40jq41xgse1tAXL2KE2GYzq6QnPbh-zMzgsLFKx9jcJspAGyiK18y-R9aQ-P_KTa3yz8MxzkYYc-jPe1CxsabhWoQN1A4VtwurU&tn=%2CO%2CP-R So, in the last few hours, the modeling scene is rocked by one David Lockhart calling non-IPMS/USA modellers as freeloaders. Bear in mind, this is IPMS/USA only but many did not share the same sentiment. Then again, I am living at the other side of the World and I am happy being well, just […]
20230528 That Last Minute Ligthbulb part 2
The next thing I need to do is to build the Cargo Bay. I had an extra set after trading my pre-production version with a friend who had no use for it. So, for the rest of the afternoon/evening, I was drilling and cutting out holes on the cargo bay walls. This was not as […]
20230528 The Problem with Mature Products
Since a few days ago, the Programmer started to give me problems where it was unable to prep fresh chips. In other words, I could not clear the microcontroller’s memory so that it could be programmed. At first, I thought it was the plug-in programming cable but after using my DIY Programmer adaptor, it was […]
