Just yesterday, I saw a friend of mine, Dean Eyre on Facebook asking for some assistance to light up one of his models. It was a very simple request where 5 red LEDs needs to “glow up” once power is applied to it. At that time, the only clue was his posted image below: ORIGIN […]
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Multicolour Silkscreen PCB from JLCPCB
While trawling through my JLCPCB account, I came across this notification dated April 1st. They are now able to to multilayer silkscreen which in other words, you can now put images on your PCB. I have seen some earlier designs from microcontrollers (Arduino?) but they used them sparingly to only mark the I/O pins. Designing […]
20240217 Razor Crest Main Board Rev.05
After more than about 10 days, the newly re-deisigned (and I hope, the final version) of the Razor Crest’s main board has arrived. The circuit is the same except that it has been re-wired slightly to fit into the new screw terminals. To make or rather, allow for last-minute re-soldering, I have moved the components. […]
20240201 Razor Crest Main Board PCB Revision 5
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2024 A month has passed by and before I knew it, its already February. I was quite busy with my Day Job since December and so, I had to put a lot of things away for obvious reasons. I was hoping to start with calculating and planning for the production of the […]
20231113 Re-Flow Soldering on the Razor Crest PCB
Finally, with some luck on my side, I am left alone for the afternoon. This also means I have access to the important large table. You see, I have not done anything to reduce the size of the solder paste stencil but rather, left it as it is. THE SOLDER PASTE When you hand solder […]
