Story time - and building one of my own PCBs (minor rant)

The real point of this video is to help you realise that if you have a unique design, you can run a small sideline business selling kits and software. Even if you just get a sale or two a week, that is still a meal or fancy coffee at the weekend. Even a little extra income can quickly add up. At first the postal system can be quite confusing, but it will quickly become second nature. I had a little box with various postage stamps in it (latterly pre-printed labels) and a list of countries and costs. These days there are more options, fast online postal purchase and either mail boxes or 24/7 lockers for easy posting. The technical community is generally very honest, and I only had a few parcels go missing over several years. Instead of buying "postage insurance" (which is useless for low value items) I just accepted that sometimes things go missing and immediately sent a replacement. One thing I didn't mention in this video is all the bizarre techniques people used to try and get me to send them my unlocked software. That included many attempts at emotional manipulation with sob stories. I'll talk about that in a future video. This is also why it's very handy being able to supply software on locked chips. These PCBs were originally designed to mount in standard floodlight cases by having front mounts that literally glued onto the glass. It made them easy to retrofit into many existing cases. These days, these would make excellent custom off-grid lights. If you wonder what Disney parade the controllers were used in, it was the final version of Spectromagic in the Spectromen costumes. The headpieces are stepping through random vivid colours with a long LFSR (Linear Feedback Shift Register) randomiser. If you enjoy my videos, supporting the channel on Patreon helps keep it independent of YouTube's quirks, avoids intrusive mid-video adverts, gives early access, bonus footage and regular quiet Patreon live streams. https://www.patreon.com/bigclive Alternatively, for a single coffee contribution you can use PayPal:- https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/bigclive #ElectronicsCreators