20240816 Lighting for the AndersFP Blaster Pt.12

20240816 Lighting for the AndersFP Blaster Pt.12

Progress update I have completed populating the Board last night and there’s not much issue I can tell. Even the dry-fitting looks good but I have yet to really test it. This is more or less the final design of the board. Right now, I can say the PKD2019 version is done, save for the […]

20240814 Lighting for the AndersFP Blaster Pt.10

20240814 Lighting for the AndersFP Blaster Pt.10

The PKD2019 Boards so far Yesterday, I received the latest PCB design on a late afternoon. And after experiencing an embarrassing design mistake, I am not too keen to start on the board so quickly. So, the whole evening was spent on Family errands and a nice little after-dinner nap which was so exhausting, I […]

20240812 The simplest mistake

20240812 The simplest mistake

My joy turned to anger. The parcel came in the afternoon and I was so happy when I opened the box. The white PCBs were so beautiful and I could not wait to get home. After populating the board, I powered it up and that is when everything went downhill on so many levels. It […]

20240811 Blade Runner Spinner: Delegation

20240811 Blade Runner Spinner: Delegation

The problem with connectors Ever since (the Jurassic Period?) I realised that the intended spring connectors have a very serious weakness, I opted to go with a more no nonsense ‘traditional’ screw terminals. Which is great except that it takes up much more space than the former terminals. I have spent the whole day trying […]

20240811 It breaks like a resin

20240811 It breaks like a resin

While I was mucking around the room the other day, I heard something dropped from the table. There was nothing on the floor apart from the pieces of paper that were previously on the table. So, I ignored the event. It was not until today that I saw a weird piece of resin on the […]