Kaput I woke up early this morning with the plan to program a few PICs for the Blade Runner Blaster. Just as soon as I connected the programmer to the Laptop and plugged the PSU in, the usual LED did not light up. And I discovered the PSU did not supply any voltage either. After […]
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20260101 Spinner: Front Mandible PCB ver 03 3mm Spacer it is!
Happy New Year! I have located the 3mm White LED and soldered onto another prototype PCB. This time, I have not modified the 3mm spacer but just used it as it is. Instead of the 10mm height I envisioned, my calipers said the height should be around the 9mm mark. This means, with the spacer, […]
20251208 Spinner: Front Mandible PCB ver 03 Testing
JLCPCB & being (almost) Perfect I always liked to use JLCPCB which apart from their manufacturing speed, their Call Centres are very responsive when it came to troubleshooting my designs. However, I also wished that they could help modify my PCB and/ or 3D files too but sadly, that is not possible. I mean, if […]
20251201 The Back to the Future Time Machine
This is an amazing setup to showcase the Back to the Future DeLorean’s workings, courtesy of Sol Mokeidaisuki from Cocotomo2025.
20251102 Spinner: There’s Something Wrong with the Circuit
So, with the revolving LED done, and now I only have to test-fit the front mandibles by searching for the Spinner’s parts hidden in the stash somewhere, I am ready to finalise the Main Board. This is going to be so good that I can foresee the Project move on to Production stage by 2026! […]
