The 0805 SMD Ice Blue LEDs arrived faster than I expected today. I chose Ice Blue because this is the only shade of blue which I loved and it is literally the same colour of the Starship Warp Coils of the Star Trek genre. When the Blue LED came out during the turn of the […]
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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 […]
20250412 C&C Tesla Trooper: The Circuit Board
I got the circuit board back from JLCPCB a few days ago. Although I was excited but with some Fever mixed with bout of the Flu, Gout attack and a tennis elbow all rolled into one, I had to stay in bed as soon as I came back from Work. Just sitting on the Works […]
20250406 C&C Tesla Trooper: The Tesla Emitter
The Circuit Board The original PCB that came from the Kit was very good and the unique feature is that it can be controlled using a magnet. However, I would still like to design my own solution because I really love the design of the Tesla Emitter. The first step in creating a circuit board […]
20250306 C&C Tesla Trooper: The Instruction Manual
If you’re interested in seeing the assembly process of the Tesla Trooper model kit, I have uploaded the Instruction Manual onto the Scalemates Website. Technically, this would be my first contribution to that Website as most of the stuff that I had was already ‘recorded’. All Your Base Are Not Belong To Us If you […]
