Saturday, June 23
so I heard the UPU online application for IPTA is now out. For those that got Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM) in malacca, do let me know or should u need any help, please contact me, I'll be glad to help you out.
For those that are a little uncertain about their decision and felt disappointed about not being accepted to local institutions such as UM, UTM or USM or other 3 letter-acronym-ed local higher institutions, I honestly say I can relate when knowing that yourself got accepted into some uni in west malaysia all the way from Kuching.. This was my post here, here and here a year back before being accepted (secrets unraveled) haha.. Check out my archives after June 2006. Most of the posts are about me adapting here and what I experienced here in West Malaysia. Hopefully it'll help you out..
Oh yea, and as for those that will be coming for the orientation in UTeM on the 1st of July, I will be one of the facilitators in charge during the orientation week, so do keep an eye out for me and give me a shout-out if you'd like to.. ;)
For those that are a little uncertain about their decision and felt disappointed about not being accepted to local institutions such as UM, UTM or USM or other 3 letter-acronym-ed local higher institutions, I honestly say I can relate when knowing that yourself got accepted into some uni in west malaysia all the way from Kuching.. This was my post here, here and here a year back before being accepted (secrets unraveled) haha.. Check out my archives after June 2006. Most of the posts are about me adapting here and what I experienced here in West Malaysia. Hopefully it'll help you out..
Oh yea, and as for those that will be coming for the orientation in UTeM on the 1st of July, I will be one of the facilitators in charge during the orientation week, so do keep an eye out for me and give me a shout-out if you'd like to.. ;)
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Well, this special semester wasn't actually that bad aside from the daily tests and the tideous long hours of class from morning till evening. I got to learn how to produce and design my own printed circuit board (PCB). I snapped a few shots to mark my first ever attempt on circuit board fabrication.. hehe
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me developing the board before etching and stripping
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Uh.. I'll give a brief explanation on the process, and I'm trying hard to make it as interesting as possible. Well, before the whole fabrication process begins, we used a software called Protel 99 SE to design a schematic diagram on how the circuit and components should be placed and the copper connections were routed accordingly on a computer, and then printed out on a transparency. The transparency was then mirrored and taped on the raw board before being developed. We had to handle the raw board under dark lighting, something like what you'd do when developing photos the old fashioned way.
The taped board was then exposed to UV light for around 90 seconds as shown below.
The taped board was then exposed to UV light for around 90 seconds as shown below.
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ultra violet rays babeh!
Then an imprint on the raw will be immersed into some chemical substance to be developed, etched and then stripped as shown below.
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dip dipeedy dum dum..
Then an imprint on the raw will be immersed into some chemical substance to be developed, etched and then stripped as shown below.
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dip dipeedy dum dum..
After the fabrication process was done, this was the finished product with nothing but copper connections.
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the final product.
I've gotta say, it was really a feeling of achievement when u successfully turned a digitally imprinted transparency into something real and solid that you could feel with your own hands.
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from virtual to reality
The next step was drilling the holes on each padding to assemble the components.
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Voila! The finished product!
However, the circuit didn't work on how it was supposed to. After the IC was mounted and switched on, the single LED will be lit and the 8 LEDs were supposed to blink with a repeated wave from left to right, and when the triggering switched was turned, it'll switch direction from right to left. In my case, the single LED was lit but when the triggering switch was switched, the circuit completely turned off. In the end the mistake was in the footprint when we were routing the switch, turns out that the switch pins were mistakenly routed, so I wasn't the only one at fault.
Turns out being an electronic engineering student isn't really that bad after all.. who knows?
More posts soon.. ;)
Turns out being an electronic engineering student isn't really that bad after all.. who knows?
More posts soon.. ;)
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Friday, June 22
Around the end of may, we only had two days of class for the week, so me and a few of our course mates planned a trip up north of Malaysia to Taiping, Perak to one of their hometown and spend the rest of the week there. Honestly, it was so much fun I wouldn't mind heading back to Kuala Sepetang again, I guess you could say that it was my period of release from all the studies and pressure that I've been piling up during the first year in UTeM.
The first day was just lazing around the residential area, we rode bicycles and chong kai's place had so many bicycles we looked like 21 year old kids attempting to look 10 years younger by taking on a bicycle ride. For my case, I was the passenger (not that I had any choice) and chong kai was my "chauffeur". Mind you, I haven't ride a bicycle since form 2.
Next morning we walked to the known mangrove forest called "Hong Shu Ling" near chong kai's (the 2nd from the right) place and snapped a few shots, the walk took us almost 20 mins.
the gang
floating on water!
before you say "bon voyage"!
the only four chinese gurls in class
on the boat ride
don't u wish you could feel it?
parental advisory indeed
Next morning we walked to the known mangrove forest called "Hong Shu Ling" near chong kai's (the 2nd from the right) place and snapped a few shots, the walk took us almost 20 mins.
the gang
floating on water!
Then on the afternoon, we headed off to the sea on one of the fisherman's boat, it was the most memorable experience. The gushing wind thudding on your face with the cool breeze and the splashing river water, I'd give anything to have that experience again.. However, in the end, most of us got sun burnt or had two shades of tones, and yea I became a human breed of a zebra with two tones of shades on my arm. Got a glimpse of wild dolphins which was rare but couldn't get close enough for a photo. As usual we took a few shots.
before you say "bon voyage"!
the only four chinese gurls in class
on the boat ride
don't u wish you could feel it?
It was an experience, then we roamed the area for a while and headed back for a few tid bits. Woke up with a back ache the next morning and went mountain hiking at bukit larut and visited Taiping zoo after the hike.
the view off bukit larut
the black panther
one big happy family
I forgot whether this is an Emu or an Ostrich -_-"
We had a barbecue the next night for the day before leaving Taiping and back to Malacca.
cheers!
savouring our chicken wings and sausages
any longer, our faces was about to be burnt while posing for this shot
pit stop after 45 mins hike, haven't even reach half the mountain
on the way up bukit larut
caterpillar pose! (the girls' idea)
the view off bukit larut
some kind of bear, "huh?"
is this a "rusa" or a "kancil" liaw??
the black panther
one big happy family
I forgot whether this is an Emu or an Ostrich -_-"
cheers!
savouring our chicken wings and sausages
any longer, our faces was about to be burnt while posing for this shot
We even had the opportunity to show off our cooking skills including Huey Yee and Wei Ee. However in the end, we were the ones trying to finish up the food instead -_-"...
Apart from the barbecued chicken wings and sausages along with the fried french friess and nuggets, we literally had a seafood frenzy everyday with crabs and shrimps for each meals during the whole stay at Taiping.
I'd really wanna express my gratitude to Chong Kai for letting us stay at his place till their family had to cramp in a single room just so they could accomodate us.
the whole gang
Apart from the barbecued chicken wings and sausages along with the fried french friess and nuggets, we literally had a seafood frenzy everyday with crabs and shrimps for each meals during the whole stay at Taiping.
oh no..! seafood... *gulp*
I'd really wanna express my gratitude to Chong Kai for letting us stay at his place till their family had to cramp in a single room just so they could accomodate us.
the whole gang
Overall, the trip was a blast. It gave us the opportunity to put aside all our differences or competitiveness to dwell on what real bonds and true relationships really means. Personally I've seen sides from each of the people that I've never realize they had in then when we were in Taiping compared to when they were in class.
Hopefully next time we'll be going for more trips in the future, and maybe even crossing the South China Sea over to Kuching, that'd be fun.
Hopefully next time we'll be going for more trips in the future, and maybe even crossing the South China Sea over to Kuching, that'd be fun.
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Thursday, June 21
in my faculty lab coat.. how do I look?
owh yea, and finally we all got our faculty lab coat, which means I can wear T-shirt underneath and significantly reduce my pile of laundry while being in style at the same time *evil grins*. No more collar shirts and no more slacks-like pants, it's all T-shirt and jeans baby!
and for the new batch of 2007 UTeM students coming in on July, I'll be one of your facilitators during the orientation, so do keep an eye out for me and don't hesitate to surprise me with a hello.
will be back with more posts soon...
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