20220715 The Ice Blue LED

20220715 The Ice Blue LED

OK, so I wanted to have something different for my own TR-595E Tricorder. At the top left of the front, the LEDs are either Amber/Orange (ArkysLab) or Yellow (eFX, Master replicas and the rest of Starfleet). So, I wanted to try something a little whitish. BUT I DO NOT HAVE A 0805 ICE BLUE So, […]

20220714 Troubleshooting the Front Array

20220714 Troubleshooting the Front Array

PREVIOUSLY ON THE LAST POST… Rushing back right after work, I made up the list on how to troubleshoot the PCB. Although this might not be a big deal, it does make me worry. This is the board which I playfully flexed, because it is only 0.8mm thick. At this moment, I want to suspect […]

20220714  1615 Orange White LED

20220714 1615 Orange White LED

Finally, the bi-color LEDs has arrived. I was searching for them for weeks. and I did not know I needed them. Actually, I just wanted a bi-colour LED that has an Amber (Orange) LED in already. Ok, maybe even yellow. I don’t mind pairing with other contrasting colours except red. Ans it must be about […]

20220714 Soldering the Front Array PCB

20220714 Soldering the Front Array PCB

THE SHIPPING On average, it takes about 4 to 8 weeks for my stuff to arrive in this post-pandemic era. And sometimes, they can be two weeks earlier, such as some of my ‘critical’ orders for this Project. To be fair, I had emails stating that most of the packages had arrive in the Country […]

20220713 TR-595E Front Array PCB: Component Orientation

20220713 TR-595E Front Array PCB: Component Orientation

BOARD ORIENTATION Soldering the board is not really that complicated. Except that I opted not to place the component values over the original Gerber text when I was placing my order with JLCPCB. I do not want the wordings of the component VALUES to clash with the original Gerber NAME wordings. The Gerber data is […]