20230105 The Engines are done!

20230105 The Engines are done!

THE LEDS, THEY HAVE COME The Warm White LEDs arrived and as soon as I got back home, I started to solder them onto the PCB. The problem with ordering online is that it takes a average of 8 weeks to arrive. So, it was a great surprise that they came within 5 weeks.! 1.21 […]

20230104 Razor Crest Navigation Lights

20230104 Razor Crest Lighting: Navigation Lights

RED NAVIGATION LIGHTS One thing I did not realise until very much later is that the Razor Crest does have a set of red Navigation lights. There are no other Star Wars ships that I can think of which has these as standard. THE EXACT LOCATION I started to re-watch the Series and boy, there […]

20221231 There are…  four lights!

20221231 There are… four lights!

There is nothing much I can do as most of the components won’t be arriving until February. So, I tested my v3.0 board with whatever components I have for the time being. Right off the bat, I realised that I missed one crucial power rail and so, after some re-wiring, it worked. This also means […]

20221220 The PCBs has arrived

20221220 The PCBs has arrived

In just 12 days, my PCB has arrived, thanks to JLCPCB. It has been quite a worry as after finalising and submitting the design, I realised that there is an issue. My design would never be able to recreate that uniform light of the engines unless I use a COB LED. There is a solution […]