The final design for the revolving light located at the top of the Spinner arrived today. I made a mistake of using 5 LEDs which in fact, was supposed to be 6 LEDs. The software was done quite long ago, which according to my YouTube video, was finalised sometime on 5th August, 2019. Yeah, that […]
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20251029 Spinner: Front Mandible PCB ver 03
Version 3 already? And this was so long ago too! I mean, with the last update being on 11th of September, it is nearly coming to seven weeks! Anyway, The decision to use the 1/8W Resistors No doubt that both 0805 and the through-hole 1/8W resistors have a power rating of 0.125W, the potential issue […]
20250930 Spinner: Top Revolving Light New PCB Design pt.3
The SMD LEDs I ordered some time ago has arrived just today. I have finished quite a lot of them and well, its either that or I’ve kept them somewhere else and forgot all about it. 20251020 Update Instead of creating a new post, I am going to put it here. 20 days later, the […]
20251008 Gecko Models 35GM0118: Painting and Lighting
So, it is time to paint the whole assembly as much as I can. And I do not like painting unless I feel like it, which is never that often. So, you can tell how good I am with this lest minute effort as I tend to slap on any paint within arm’s reach. The […]
20250923 Spinner: Top Revolving Light New PCB Design pt.2
The re-design of the PCB arrived from JLCPCB in just 11 days. In summary, this circuit board is to connect 5x 0805 type SMD LEDs to simulate the revolving siren light at the top of the Spinner. Originally, it was a 2 PCB concept where the LEDs were sandwiched between the two boards. However, during […]
