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Before we begin, I thought I’d warn you about a common “gotcha” you might encounter when dealing with integrated circuits. This involves …

Enterprise refit arboretum

I can’t pretend that my arboretum is anything special. It simply serves the purpose of being something behind the arboretum windows on …

Support socket for Enterprise refit

One of the reasons I’ve delayed for so long in building my 1/350th Enterprise refit is that I could never figure out …

Lights and sound

There are a mind-numbing number of lights on the Enterprise refit and, of course, it’s up to you whether to include every …

What You’ll Need

At a minimum, you’ll need these tools: Breadboards, on which you’ll test circuits Jumper wires to connect the components on the breadboard …

What You’ll Need to Know

This book is not intended to teach you everything you need to know before you start building your starship lighting circuit. I’m …

How to Light the Enterprise

This post begins a series of articles on how to light the Enterprise refit. This is a work in progress as I’m …

Starship lighting working circuit

In a previous post I’d promised a working example for the basic starship lighting circuit using an ATtiny85. Well here it is, …

Starship lighting

Here’s a quick preview of the lighting circuit I have planned for the 1/350th scale Polar Lights Enterprise refit model that I’ve …

Workshop tour

Although I’ve had a designated room for modeling for some time, I never really made proper use of the space for a …