IT’S ALIVE! So, um, in my own way, I’ve just learned about Bandwidth limitation. The Website was up again just about two hours ago (don’t ask me how I my inbox started to get email notifications about web promotions, updates etc.) after about two weeks of no access. BANDWIDTH LIMIT EXCEEDED In a nutshell, every […]
Category Archives: Electronics
20230627 The Infra-red Thermometer
I caved in a bought another infra-red thermometer. I was not satisfied with the first trial of the mini hot plate. Somehow, I felt that the temperature or the setting or the reflow curve needs some fine tuning. Moreover, the medical version could not give me a satisfactory reading. IN SUMMARY The 200ºC setting on […]
20230625 Engine PCB Reflow Version
The 0603 SMD LEDs on the current design was great but as I start to fit it into the AMT model, about 30% of these fragile LEDs get knocked off their solder pads by the plastic half-rings. So, I started to solder them in a slightly smaller radius. This did minimise the issue but I […]
20230611 SMD LED Soldering
This is how I solder small SMD LEDs. Thanks to okyoskar_1.87 who demonstrated this easy technique. For me, I would be using those grey 3M double-sided tapes instead as their glue kind of last longer against the soldering iron’s heat. So, just lay the SMD LEDs with their solder contacts face up. They are polarity […]
20230528 That Last Minute Ligthbulb part 2
The next thing I need to do is to build the Cargo Bay. I had an extra set after trading my pre-production version with a friend who had no use for it. So, for the rest of the afternoon/evening, I was drilling and cutting out holes on the cargo bay walls. This was not as […]
