This is an original design by Scott Nakada who called it the Scanny Boxy Thing aka the SPU (Spatial Parametric Uplink), a prop for his Movie, Starship Echelon which is still in development. For those who are well versed in the Star Trek Universe, this design is like a mix between a Starfleet 2280 Tricorder […]
Category Archives: Sounds
20260918 Titan.DS – meWho.com
Fancy interacting with a Picard-style LCARS? Thanks to Rob of System47 who made it into a reality. Although I am more of the TNG/ Voyager LCARS but this is still quite nice. The best part would be the Stellar Cartography which, I would just let it run as a screensaver (but not too loud as […]
20260331 So, I bought a Toy PKD Blaster pt.8: The SNAFU
Finally, the knobs have arrived. At first, I was sus as to why the package was so big? Big as in A4 size? Did I order a lot by mistake? It turns out that these friggin’ knobs are guitar knobs and not the ones I wanted which was about 1/3 of the size. Shows how […]
20260322 So, I bought a Toy PKD Blaster pt.7: The ADC & SHUTDOWN Pins
So, yeah, after that boo-boo last week, it was time for me to take another look into the PAM8403 amplifier module. The very idea of just using the 2W amp is just not really that exciting. As far as the JQ6500-16P board is concerned, it was the 8002A amplifier which was totaled. The idea of […]
20260310 So, I bought Toy PKD Blaster pt.5: Programming the JQ6500
Uploading .MP3 files into the JQ6500 is not as easy as it sounds. Since the on-board flash storage on the market is typically 16MBit (aka 2Mb). So, if your samples are long, you will need to re-encode your files to a lower bitrate (but this compromises playback quality). You will also need a Program to […]