There’s a slight lull in the Office, so this is just a filler post to briefly touch on the thin 0.8mm PCBs. More than a decade ago, when I was scouring locally for someone to make printed circuit boards (aka PCBs), most companies would only produce them with the standard thickness of 1.6mm. They are […]
Category Archives: Design
20250504 Lighting for the AndersFP Blaster Pt.29 – Which LiPo Battery is suitable?
OK, I am going to put this here because my Plan on doing an instructional video on how mount the board into the 3D printed part is, well, delayed for the time being. Anyhow, I just got a messenger notification, asking about which LiPo battery is suitable. WHY THIS BATTERY? The answer is the 701230 […]
20250414 C&C Tesla Trooper: First Test of the Tesla Emitter
The 0805 SMD Ice Blue LEDs arrived faster than I expected today. I chose Ice Blue because this is the only shade of blue which I loved and it is literally the same colour of the Starship Warp Coils of the Star Trek genre. When the Blue LED came out during the turn of the […]
20250412 TR-595E Top Panel v04D
Yes, it is version 04D now. Over some stupid reasons. When I soldered the board, I got about 1.92V from the meter. Disappointing was not the word I was looking for. More like… You see, the TPS3733 voltage regulator has one configuration pin which I should not be meddling with when I needed a fixed […]
20250412 C&C Tesla Trooper: The Circuit Board
I got the circuit board back from JLCPCB a few days ago. Although I was excited but with some Fever mixed with bout of the Flu, Gout attack and a tennis elbow all rolled into one, I had to stay in bed as soon as I came back from Work. Just sitting on the Works […]
