Starship Modeler Discussion Forums

:evil: Received the Big Starship Lighting Kit. Circuit boards were wrapped in ALUMINUM FOIL! WTF? I've worked electronics for the USAF for 25 years and you NEVER do that. Both Deluxe 8 flasher boards were fried and would not even light the on-board LED. Thanks for selling me a Piece Of Sh!t! $165 do...

If anyone has written a code that controls the LEDs for a model starship, could they post it? (please, please?)

I have an Arduino Mega board, but have never programmed before. I can make one LED blink. Sure, it's pretty, but not quite enough to light the NX-01.

Thanks, I've actually got one of those toothbrushes now. A friend had one and the mechanism siezed but the motor and electronics still work so that should be much fun to take apart. As for the "best" kit for a 350th NX-01, well, I'm biased but there's my BIG Starship kit which will light ...

I have a toothbrush that charges by induction when you place it on it's holder. It is a Sonicare Elite. Maybe you could use something like that. It will charge an internal battery while on a stand. Basically, you are creating a transformer, one set of windings in the base and the receiving end in th...