After more than about 10 days, the newly re-deisigned (and I hope, the final version) of the Razor Crest’s main board has arrived. The circuit is the same except that it has been re-wired slightly to fit into the new screw terminals. To make or rather, allow for last-minute re-soldering, I have moved the components. […]
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20240201 Razor Crest Main Board PCB Revision 5
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2024 A month has passed by and before I knew it, its already February. I was quite busy with my Day Job since December and so, I had to put a lot of things away for obvious reasons. I was hoping to start with calculating and planning for the production of the […]
20231113 Re-Flow Soldering on the Razor Crest PCB
Finally, with some luck on my side, I am left alone for the afternoon. This also means I have access to the important large table. You see, I have not done anything to reduce the size of the solder paste stencil but rather, left it as it is. THE SOLDER PASTE When you hand solder […]
20231030 Preparing the SMT Stencil
THE WAITING GAME I’ve been needing to do this since the stencil came two months ago. As the stencil is huge (280mm x 380mm), it is quite impossible to clear a flat space on my Works Table for it to lie on. And so, I had to wait until the other table is ‘free’. I […]
20230924 Razor Crest Engine Stencils
This came about more than a month ago from JLCPCB but I was too busy to open it. Not only that, looking for a working space big enough was also another issue. To be honest, I forgot about the huge size of the solder paste stencil, which measures close to an A3 sheet give to […]
