20230201 Every Milliseconds Counts

20230201 Every Milliseconds Counts

The basic programming for the Engines are more or less done. The effects are close enough but in terms of timing, it is still not there yet. You see, the timing from startup to the engines on full blast, is about 2 seconds. And in that time frame, there’s a lot of exciting things happening. […]

20230126 The Control Board

20230126 The Razor Crest Control Board

It took about 16 days (right through the Chinese New Year) for JLCPCB to process and deliver my design to me. And I am quite happy. However, looking at the boards, methinks there could be a possible version 3.0 Right now, this is version 2.0. There was no version 1.0 as the ULN2003 Darlington Pair […]

20230131 It sat here in the dark…

20230131 It sat here in the dark…

Over the past two weeks, my Facebook feed was full of news about the Haslab Proton Pack. Namely1. Getting their Packs,2. Not getting their Packs,3. Regrets of not backing the Pack,4. Calling sellers as Scalpers,5. Unboxing,6. Why did Hasbro lie? The video’s Prototype has this, that, and other stuff…7. Memeing the Spirit Pack owners? Then […]

20230124 Removing doubts

20230124 Removing doubts

In my usual programming method, I always transfer the microcontroller chip from one socket adaptor to the other and back again. This means the legs of the Chip is work and sometimes, bent. In most times, I could never tell if the chip is firmly connected or not. This is not helping when I am […]