2/27/02

     The circuit board and all lights are completed.  Everything's lit, and looking good!

     It was a trick to get the white LEDs resistance value right.  I wanted them brighter, but my assortment of resistors didn't include a 15 ohm, which is their minimum value (based on 8/01/01).  What I did have, though, was a few 47 ohm.  Remembering that resistors did something a little funny in electronics (share the load), I put a cluster of three 47 ohm resistors together to make a 15.  Put it in-line, and it works perfectly.

     The odd port side indicator was resolved as well.  The one in question is the port indicator on the bottom of the saucer section.  I figured that since the green LEDs had a different current requirement then the red ones but they both used 100 ohm resistors and looked fine, then a 100 ohm on this one (just on a separate circuit path from both red and green) should work like the others.  It did - can't tell the difference!

 

     Next step is to install the bay windows and their decals, then install the fibre for the smaller windows.  I then plan on mounting the circuit board, then installing the fibre.