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 […]
Category Archives: Printed Circuit Board
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 […]
20241012 I love Soldering
Soldering: A process of joining two metals with a molten metallic filler (i.e. solder). There you have it. A very simple process of creating a (or an electrical) bond between two metals. The statement is simple enough without taking into consideration such as oxidation, types of solder, soldering procedures and so on. But today, I […]
From Idea to Schematic to PCB – How to do it easily! by GreatScott!
This is a very good guide showing more or less how an Electronics Project comes to life.
20240923 Lighting for the AndersFP Blaster Pt.19 – V5.01 Board Testing and Instruction Manual update
Finally, I managed to test the two boards over the weekend and I am happy to say, I can now into Production Stage! But first things first This stage is quite dangerous and can kill the Project entirely. Yep, financing. I have calculated the BOM (Bill of Materials) and it is quite a big sum. […]
