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 […]
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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 […]
20220710 The MkVII Front Array
THE 555/4017 WAY OR THE MICROCONTROLLER WAY? To be honest, I have actually forgotten about this PCB. It was uploaded on the 7th and by the third day, I was notified that the board is on its way to me. Well, this is going to be something. This board is a decades long ON and […]
20220710 The Upper Panel PCB
THE FINAL REVISION After taking a closer look at the 3D printed TR-595E’s body, I believe I can mount this PCB flat-faced. In other words, only the LEDs are on the upper side of the PCB and they can fit into the already pre-made windows. All I have to do is to just relocate the […]
20220710 The Height of the Relay
With the 3D part in my hand, one of my questions has been answered. The height of the relay is just a smidgen shorter than the uppermost ledge which is about roughly 5mm. These ledges are responsible for the Lower Interface panel not dropping into the whole cavity. The 5mm height limit is quite a […]
