Progress update I have completed populating the Board last night and there’s not much issue I can tell. Even the dry-fitting looks good but I have yet to really test it. This is more or less the final design of the board. Right now, I can say the PKD2019 version is done, save for the […]
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20240814 Lighting for the AndersFP Blaster Pt.11
I got the revised board two nights ago. Although I am still not in the mood, I need to get this done as soon as possible. Instead of programming a new PIC microcontroller, I decided to remove it from the previous board and put it onto the new PKD board. Another term for being Lazy […]
20240814 Lighting for the AndersFP Blaster Pt.10
The PKD2019 Boards so far Yesterday, I received the latest PCB design on a late afternoon. And after experiencing an embarrassing design mistake, I am not too keen to start on the board so quickly. So, the whole evening was spent on Family errands and a nice little after-dinner nap which was so exhausting, I […]
20240811 Blade Runner Spinner: Delegation
The problem with connectors Ever since (the Jurassic Period?) I realised that the intended spring connectors have a very serious weakness, I opted to go with a more no nonsense ‘traditional’ screw terminals. Which is great except that it takes up much more space than the former terminals. I have spent the whole day trying […]
20240804 1/6th Proton Pack: Revision v004D
While waiting for the arrival of the PDK2019 Ghost Charger Board and some LiPo batteries, I re-started the Proton Pack project less I forget what I did the last time. With the microcontroller and most of the components plus LEDs soldered, it is time for me to move on to the software stage. Listen… you […]
