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 […]
Category Archives: Printed Circuit Board
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
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 […]
20260518 1/6th Proton Pack: Revision v005B has arrived
Today is exactly one month since my last foray into this Project. The 0.8mm circuit boards from JLCPCB has long arrived. And just today, so were the special red 2835 (not 3528) SMD LEDs with a dome lens. Which LEDs? Pulling the Brakes… By now, I can say that the Project has gone to the […]
20260418 1/6th Proton Pack: Revision v005B
Whoa… 88 weeks! That’s how long this Project was kept away! The last entry was on 04.08.2024 and the board revision was v004D. Now, it is v005B! Currently, the issue is that I would need to decide on the proper red LED before starting on the programming. The Switch Because of the design of the […]
