20230518: Speeding up the soldering

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

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. […]

20230430 Are we there yet?

20230430 Are we there yet?

Its just one day short of the month of May. Looking at my progress on the project, my disheartening answer is, ‘No, we are not there yet.’ When I first started the project last year, it was just to light the engines of the AMT model and nothing more. Then I realised, the cockpit needs […]

20230425 The Scare of the Morning

20230425 That Scare in the Morning

And so, this morning, I had a panic attack.I seldom experience this unless I realised I have either made a big mistake or, experiencing a panic attack. What started the ball rolling was, I got bored at work. And to entertain myself, I decided to go to JLCPCB’s Website using my Mobile, just to check […]

20230423 Razor Crest Engine Test

20230423 Razor Crest Engine Test

OK, the recovery was faster than I expected. In a nutshell, what I did was, I used the later version of the Software, re-built the program and added some subtle effects. All these effects did take a toll on the chip’s memory and so, I had to make some compromises (OK, delete stuff). But finally, […]