The thought of all the wiring in my future was paralyzing me into inaction. I spent time gathering the necessary components and then listing as many subtasks as possible. I conceded that it might take three days to wire both taggers, but there was a considerable amount and two to tackle.
I started wiring with the emitter arrays and their light rings. The light ring was the most troublesome because it had three concealed wires under the PCB, and I needed to elevate it to make room for the conductors. I stacked washers between the printed parts and the circuit board, which should not be noticeable. The older lens cap did not have a hole, so I made one with a hand drill and widened it with a razor knife. It was a terrible mess. I cracked the plastic and had to repair it with some printer resin, an eyedropper, and a UV laser. The updated model did not give me any problems. I cut the wires long enough to go through their respective pipes. The infrared LED required a resistor and a transistor, which I soldered in mid-air, and then shrink-wrapped the solder joints. Doing this for two emitters at once was a good choice because I set up my bench for the task, executed it, and repeated the process. I soldered the chassis-mount USB-C connectors to male USB-C connectors and applied heat-shrink over the soldered ends.
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2025-08-28
I started wiring with the emitter arrays and their light rings. The light ring was the most troublesome because it had three concealed wires under the PCB, and I needed to elevate it to make room for the conductors. I stacked washers between the printed parts and the circuit board, which should not be noticeable. The older lens cap did not have a hole, so I made one with a hand drill and widened it with a razor knife. It was a terrible mess. I cracked the plastic and had to repair it with some printer resin, an eyedropper, and a UV laser. The updated model did not give me any problems. I cut the wires long enough to go through their respective pipes. The infrared LED required a resistor and a transistor, which I soldered in mid-air, and then shrink-wrapped the solder joints. Doing this for two emitters at once was a good choice because I set up my bench for the task, executed it, and repeated the process. I soldered the chassis-mount USB-C connectors to male USB-C connectors and applied heat-shrink over the soldered ends.
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| Emitters, LED rings, and USB cables |
The rest of the posts for this project have been arranged by date.
First time here?
Completed projects from year 1
Completed projects from year 2
Completed projects from year 3
Completed projects from year 4
Completed projects from year 5
Completed projects from year 6
Completed projects from year 7
Completed projects from year 8
Completed projects from year 9
Completed projects from year 10
Completed projects from year 11
Completed projects from year 12
Disclaimer for http://24hourengineer.blogspot.com and 24HourEngineer.com
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All information on this blog, or linked by this blog, is not to be taken as advice or solicitation. Anyone attempting to replicate, in whole or in part, is responsible for the outcome and procedure. Any loss of functionality, money, property, or similar, is the responsibility of those involved in the replication.
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2025-08-28
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