20250529 The 0.8mm PCB

20250529 The 0.8mm PCB

There’s a slight lull in the Office, so this is just a filler post to briefly touch on the thin 0.8mm PCBs. More than a decade ago, when I was scouring locally for someone to make printed circuit boards (aka PCBs), most companies would only produce them with the standard thickness of 1.6mm. They are […]

20250416 C&C Tesla Trooper: Reprogramming the Tesla Emitter

20250416 C&C Tesla Trooper: Reprogramming the Tesla Emitter

I am happy to report that the Solution worked. Earlier, I mentioned that there were two possible solutions. I would either redo the whole program or, switch the ports. Coming back from Work exhausted, I tried the latter and yeap, it worked. The next thing is to re-program the chip and already being tired, I […]

20250412 TR-595E Top Panel v04D

20250412 TR-595E Top Panel v04D

Yes, it is version 04D now. Over some stupid reasons. When I soldered the board, I got about 1.92V from the meter. Disappointing was not the word I was looking for. More like… You see, the TPS3733 voltage regulator has one configuration pin which I should not be meddling with when I needed a fixed […]