20260919 Scott Nakada’s SPU

20260919 Scott Nakada’s SPU

This is an original design by Scott Nakada who called it the Scanny Boxy Thing aka the SPU (Spatial Parametric Uplink), a prop for his Movie, Starship Echelon which is still in development. For those who are well versed in the Star Trek Universe, this design is like a mix between a Starfleet 2280 Tricorder […]

20260726 1/6th Proton Pack: Hand soldering a reflow PCB

20260726 1/6th Proton Pack: Hand soldering a reflow PCB

Our office was ordered to close down for almost a month. And so, this gave me the opportunity to catch on the Proton Pack. It’s been getting on and to be honest, ol’ lazy me has gotten bored of this whole thing. In the beginning, I was concentrating on the software side since copying to […]

20260719 Hand soldering a SSOP chip

20260719 Hand soldering a SSOP chip

What a weekend! It was almost over before I can even start. If you’re wondering hat the hoo-haa is all about, let me tell you about it. In just last week or so, the Circuit Boards, the components and more importantly, the Microchip PIC microcontroller had arrived. This means I can start the soldering before […]

20260610 So, yeah, I did a thing

20260610 So, yeah, I did a thing

The Primary model, which was a 1/20th scale Neuspotter suffered some bad neck accident and had to be retired. So, this backup Hummel has to come forward (sans figures from Tori Factory) and be done in less than 5 weeks. And boy, I hated those last minute surprises such as bad paints (which was stewing […]