The Top Panel PCB has arrived and immediately, I began to work on it. This simple circuit took me three hours to figure out why it is not working. I have done the troubleshooting and although it checks out, the error was quite puzzling. POST SOLDERING DISCUSSION The soldering took far longer than it should […]
Category Archives: Printed Circuit Board
20220720 The Fail
Remember the PCB design which I totally forgot and sent it off to JCLPCB? Well, it has arrived today and I was so happy. My hands were trembling again but I know it is not with happiness but with suspense. To be honest, that design is actually a ‘still in progress’ work and there are […]
20220717 The Front Array Blah-blah-blah
So, I have completed three versions of the Front Array PCB. I love doing these types of SMD soldering and now, I think I am not that rusty anymore. But, I must admit, soldering these boards are a challenge. Lesson for the day (for me) is that I must not miss my own steps and […]
20220715 The Butle… er, 4017 did it
BE LUCKY ON A FRIDAY EVENING (or TGIF) So, right after I made the video for the previous post, I notice that two of the green LEDs in the scanning array is not lighting up. They are the same LEDs which had the same problem when I first soldered them a few days ago. It’s […]
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, […]
