The 0603 SMD LEDs on the current design was great but as I start to fit it into the AMT model, about 30% of these fragile LEDs get knocked off their solder pads by the plastic half-rings. So, I started to solder them in a slightly smaller radius. This did minimise the issue but I […]
Category Archives: JLCPCB
20230528 That Last Minute Ligthbulb part 2
The next thing I need to do is to build the Cargo Bay. I had an extra set after trading my pre-production version with a friend who had no use for it. So, for the rest of the afternoon/evening, I was drilling and cutting out holes on the cargo bay walls. This was not as […]
20230520 For a Friend
Soldering this simple lighting system for the Razor Crest took me more than a week. Sad to say, it was far too long than I liked. However, coming back home tired and locking myself in the Works Room which felt like a sauna really sapped all the energy I had left. The heatwave has been […]
20230518: Speeding up the soldering
As I was soldering this for a friend whose Razor Crest Project is running way faster than mine, it got me to thinking some things. Sure, I’ll get a very nice trade off from this but this is not the issue. The 37 LEDs took me three hours to solder onto the pair of engine […]
20230507 Razor Crest Cargo Bay test lighting
A few days ago, the circuit boards that I designed has arrived. It was quite exciting because of the two boards that has been sent out, one of them was a very expensive experiment. Yes, it is the flexible PCB (aka flexPCB?) and like most projects that I have started, this is really another milestone. […]
