And so, the two gmsprops’s Tricorder boards are now mounted inside the Ikea’s Hovsta Photo Frame. It is a very simple exercise but ti still took me decades. I do not see myself ever building the beautifully casted Roddenberry.com Endgame Tricorder. As for the MkVII, I do have a few Playmates Toys which I might […]
Category Archives: Electronics
20240910 Showing off the TR-580 aka MkVII part. 01
This would be the second gmprops (aka Gerhard Mros) Tricorder Electronics that I have and would like to preserve. I bought my first from him in the early 2010’s but during a local Malaysian SciFi Prop display, it developed legs and wandered off. I was compensated with a cheap version of the 2009 JJPrise version […]
20240910 Spare LED Tester
I do have tools. But just because I was an Engineer does not mean that I have a lot of tools but just the opposite. I only the necessary tools to do a specific Job. A decade after the turn of the Century, the change of Job Description requires me to re-evaluate my tools. Many […]
20240909 Lighting for the AndersFP Blaster Pt.17 – Heat-shrink Tests for the LiPo Charger Adaptor
The transparent heat-shrink tubing has arrived and this means, I can complete the testing of this Charger. The heat-shrink not only minimises shorting but also, updates the User on the status of the charge; red for charging and green for complete. Where to get what: AndersFP (Anders Fogde Pedersen) PKD-2019 Blaster Download File Duplex Designs […]
The MCP73831 LiPo Charger from Theory Circuit
When it comes to charging LiPo batteries, as long as the circuit/ load is not being used, the battery would charge faster. I did not notice this for I assumed the Modules would do their job just like any Mobile Phone devices. The MCP73831 is one of the chips which allows for load sharing. This […]
