20251029 Spinner: Front Mandible PCB ver 03

20251029 Spinner: Front Mandible PCB ver 03

Version 3 already? And this was so long ago too! I mean, with the last update being on 11th of September, it is nearly coming to seven weeks! Anyway, The decision to use the 1/8W Resistors No doubt that both 0805 and the through-hole 1/8W resistors have a power rating of 0.125W, the potential issue […]

20250930 Spinner: Top Revolving Light New PCB Design pt.3

20250930 Spinner: Top Revolving Light New PCB Design pt.3

The SMD LEDs I ordered some time ago has arrived just today. I have finished quite a lot of them and well, its either that or I’ve kept them somewhere else and forgot all about it. 20251020 Update Instead of creating a new post, I am going to put it here. 20 days later, the […]

20250923 Spinner: Top Revolving Light New PCB Design pt.2

20250923 Spinner: Top Revolving Light New PCB Design pt.2

The re-design of the PCB arrived from JLCPCB in just 11 days. In summary, this circuit board is to connect 5x 0805 type SMD LEDs to simulate the revolving siren light at the top of the Spinner. Originally, it was a 2 PCB concept where the LEDs were sandwiched between the two boards. However, during […]

20250922 Razor Crest The Continuation

20250922 Razor Crest The Continuation

From a Land Far, Far, Away… Oh, wow. My last update on this Project was in 20240217. And that’s more than one and a half years ago! And it was also the time of uncertainty due to a tribal scuffle resulting from a deteriorating papa. It was also the time where I had to slow […]

20250911 Spinner: Top Revolving Light New PCB Design

20250911 Spinner: Top Revolving Light New PCB Design

With the new dimensions for the SMD LED’s cut-out, I re-created the shape again from InkScape before importing it into EaglePCB. The only problem is that no matter what I did, there is a ‘leak’. Understandably, JLCPCB confirmed this when I uploaded the design. So, most of the day was spent on trying to figure […]