Today is exactly one month since my last foray into this Project. The 0.8mm circuit boards from JLCPCB has long arrived. And just today, so were the special red 2835 (not 3528) SMD LEDs with a dome lens. Which LEDs? Pulling the Brakes… By now, I can say that the Project has gone to the […]
Category Archives: Design
20260425 U.S. Army Nurse Corps from B&L Models
Coming soon from B&L Models would be these four new Models in 1/35th Scale. These figures do look unique and as far as I know, there were no such subject in that scale from any Scale Model Manufacturers until now. And they open up to a lot of diorama possibilities. I do hope I will […]
20260402 My goto Lipo Chargers
The Transition In the beginning, I always recommended using either three AA or AAA batteries to power my circuits. That combination provides a good 4.5 volts which was as close as I could get to 5 volts. The reasoning was that if anyone uses my circuits during a show and runs out of batteries, they […]
20260331 So, I bought a Toy PKD Blaster pt.8: The SNAFU
Finally, the knobs have arrived. At first, I was sus as to why the package was so big? Big as in A4 size? Did I order a lot by mistake? It turns out that these friggin’ knobs are guitar knobs and not the ones I wanted which was about 1/3 of the size. Shows how […]
20260322 So, I bought a Toy PKD Blaster pt.7: The ADC & SHUTDOWN Pins
So, yeah, after that boo-boo last week, it was time for me to take another look into the PAM8403 amplifier module. The very idea of just using the 2W amp is just not really that exciting. As far as the JQ6500-16P board is concerned, it was the 8002A amplifier which was totaled. The idea of […]