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 […]
Category Archives: Design
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 […]
20240729 www.ianLawrencemodels.com is no more
I have a very bad habit of keeping some tabs open on my Firefox and every time I restart the Web Browser, some of the links would update themselves. Some like the Late Ian Lawrence’s would do so only when I click on them. Except today… This means all the contents are gone and there […]
20240726 LIR2032 vs CR2032
The normal PKD2019 For the Project of lighting up the Blade Runner blaster, I was counting on using the CR2032 coin cell battery to light up the red LEDs. The reasoning was due to the red and green LEDs whose forward voltages were 1.8volts and 2.2volts respectively. But after some time, when the voltage nears […]
