The two boards have arrived. And I am excited to populate and test them by this week. Once they are OK, I can move on to continuing with drafting the manuals. What is the damage? Seriously, I have not thought about the pricing yet. I have seen the pricing for the ones out there and […]
Category Archives: Microchip PIC
20240906 Lighting for the AndersFP Blaster Pt.16 – The PKD & The Ghost Boards
OK, these boards are more or less done with the prototype design stage. In the last revision, everything worked out nicely. But this time, I will go over the designs again because I was quite busy and literally forgot there I left off. Just some more last minute revisions and it’s off to JLCPCB! There […]
20240905 Oops
In what seemed like an oscillating crystal soldered to a QFP chip of sorts above has some very interesting theories on Facebook. But do note that there is no facility available to put the crystal on the PCB, not even a silkscreen. Some of them were: But the photo, hilarious to most, felt painful to […]
20240828 1/6th Proton Pack: Revision v004D has arrived
The Revision v004D has arrived just last week. And I’ve been putting this off for quite some time while I concentrate of the lighting for the Blade Runner Blaster. And this delayed excitement is driving me crazy. Of course I cannot just start soldering the moment I come home. I need to transfer the components […]
20240822 Spirit Proton Pack Electronics Upgrade (Lights Only) is now on Amazon
I just remembered that there are still 2 more units of the Spirit Pack upgrade systems left. My friend has updated me that it is no longer being sold in Etsy but in Amazon. This was produced during the time when the whole World had to stay indoors as part of the New Normal. So, […]