Remember me briefly showing JLCONE’s DFM (Design for Manufacturing) feature some time back? I loved it. This is a feature (like the auto-routers) which I suddenly realised, I could not live without. And because of that, I realised, the (aging) EaglePCB software is quite limited. Apart from the auto-router, it can only help me with […]
Category Archives: Repair
20260210 Razor Crest The Demo Unit
Its been more than 6 months since I last touched this Project. For those who are not familiar, this is the lighting system designed to fit into either the AMT or Revell’s Razor Crest, the Mandalorian’s Spaceship in 1/48th scale. So near, yet so far I plan to have it released by April this year […]
20260111 My Programmer is down
Kaput I woke up early this morning with the plan to program a few PICs for the Blade Runner Blaster. Just as soon as I connected the programmer to the Laptop and plugged the PSU in, the usual LED did not light up. And I discovered the PSU did not supply any voltage either. After […]
20250627 Sucker!
When I was an Engineer, our collection of tools included the ones required for on-site repair. Hence the Soldering Iron, solder and the ‘sucker’ aka the de-soldering tool. In reality, the latter was rarely used and so, not many had them. So, apart from the Repair Team, I was the only Engineer to carry a […]
20250610 C&C Tesla Trooper: Assembling the Figure
WARNING: Sorry I’m in a rush so this would be a very long post with lots of images. I update and correct them as I go along as the deadline is just a few more days away. I want to save as much time as I can to prepare for this Model… This is the […]
