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 […]
Category Archives: Design
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 […]
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 […]
20240731 Fixing my Programmable Macro Keyboard
I have bought this programmable keyboard sometime in March this year. When it arrived, the whole bag was full of parts. The Bag of Parts Someone has designed the keyboard which uses a few layers of laser cut acrylic to house a single PCB. The whole system was held together with 6 heat-set screws (but […]
