20221220 The PCBs has arrived

20221220 The PCBs has arrived

In just 12 days, my PCB has arrived, thanks to JLCPCB. It has been quite a worry as after finalising and submitting the design, I realised that there is an issue. My design would never be able to recreate that uniform light of the engines unless I use a COB LED. There is a solution […]

20221215 The COB LED

20221215 The COB LED

While waiting for my PCB to arrive, I decided to just play with some COB LEDs. These chip-on-board LEDs are quite bright. But, they are usually configured to work at 12volts. It was quite a challenge to find one rated at 5volts or less and have a diameter of 40mm.