OK, I am so excited today, wishing the Day’s Work would end immediately. The 3D printed switch cover has arrived. This was one of the main delays which literally stalled the Project. Without it, I could not finalise the assembly manual. The problem started when I exported the SketchUp file into .stl format which had […]
Category Archives: Printed Circuit Board
20241124 Lighting for the AndersFP Blaster Pt.24 – Starting Production pt. 03
Phew. Soldering the Boards is time consuming! I have been soldering and programming the Boards after coming home from work for the last three weeks. Soldering a few boards can be fun but multiply that and the fun goes away rather quickly. I have a very systematic approach to producing these boards something which confirms […]
20241105 Lighting for the AndersFP Blaster Pt.23 – Starting Production pt. 02
My Apologies Sorry for the lack of up dates as there is not much to be done until the components have arrived. And when they do, its going to be a fortnight’s worth of soldering and stuff. The boards have arrived first and so, I was able to prep them. The most time-consuming part would […]
20241013 Lighting for the AndersFP Blaster Pt.22 – Starting Production Pt.01
About 5 days ago, the circuit boards has arrived and you can say, I was overjoyed because this signals the completion of the prototyping stage and into the production stage. As usual, a small project grew into a sizeable challenge and the saving grace was that I was able to learn a few things from […]
20241011 MELF-ing Away
At one time, the MELF (Metal Electrode Leadless Face) SMD components were the rage. They are love vibrations (it got dropped/knocked?), almost immune to thermal shocks (someone left it in the freezer and took it out?), better heat dissipation, and long-term stability in operation. Heck, when compared to the normal chip resistors (eg. 0805 and […]
