Category Archives: Electronics
1084 Proton Pack by Shawn Marshall
Do visit his Site as there are a wealth of information. It is amazing how he was able to create these props during the pre-Internet days. https://shawnmarshallmakes.com/1984-proton-packs/
20220730 The Wrong Microprocessor
This afternoon was not as productive as I wanted it to be. To put it mildly, the sound player did not play ANY sounds when connected to the 8-pin microcontroller. Just in case the player was faulty, I swapped it with another microcontroller. That bigger microcontroller played both modules without any issue. But the smaller […]
20220728 The Raspberry Pi Pico
Remember the video where Mr. Nicholas Duchette showed off his TR-595E Tricorder? His Tricorder screen is actually an actual LCD with animations. The whole display system uses an 18-bit 320×240 2.2 inch LCD screen, and powered from a Raspberry Pi Pico. The Pico was released in January of 2021 and it is their first board-based […]
20220728 The 020 RGB LED
These very small little 6mm LEDs arrived today and…. did I tell you that they’re very small? Handling them might be a problem if the pair of tweezers suddenly slips. The reason I chose them is because I wanted the lights to fill over a long rectangle. Plus, the lights needs to change colours too. […]
