OK, the amended Circuit board (version 4) for the Razor Crest has arrived and I was quite happy with them. After soldering the boards, I noticed that there is still some changes. The new board has the corrected copper tracks for the power and also, incorporated the pair of red LEDs which reduces my wire […]
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20230301 Testing the Razor Crest Engines
With nothing much on my plate today, I decided to have another look at the Engines while the revised PCB are on its way. This is because the current board had a missing link to the power rail. Plus, since I have connected the 5mm LED to WW1, the sixth solder pad is free which […]
20230301 The Razor Crest Engine Flicker
OK, so I am not working anymore. So, after sulking the whole morning, it was time to do something while searching for a new job. In the meantime, I decided to take a look into the Razor Crest lighting sequence again. ANOTHER TUNE-UP I have made some changes to make the engine flicker a little […]
The Blade Runner Spinner lighting effect courtesy of Marcuss Nicholls
I still love this lighting effect. This was taken from the 52nd Shizuoka Hobby show in 2013. I hope to get my Spinner built with the same effect too. The only difference is that the revolving lights would have a flash, the five rectangular lights would be more randomly sequenced and the central light would […]