FW3A, a TLF/BLF EDC flashlight - SST-20 available, coupon codes public

Is there a decision which firmware is used?
I guess it will be the programmer with time for it. I have no preference for NarsilM or Andúril.
It would be nice when the two use the same commands.

NarsilM v1.2 beta uses 5 clicks for its tactical mode. Is 6 clicks in Andúril free?

Maybe Tom can move tac. mode to 6 clicks?

EDIT: forget it, just read TKs comments

[quote=ToyKeeper]

25% to 33% is fine for “tactical use”, but no good for light painting (with various tools attached to the light) where 50% is the sweet spot for visual effects. I have a comparison photo in my S2+ review. It is a rapidly increasing market segment.

Stephenk
what about an extra firmware for light painting?
Some wishes are verry special and you can tweak it to your need.

Right. This is unrelated to the FW3A, but I have an entirely different firmware in progress which will probably be a lot more interesting for light painting. It uses a RAGB quad-color setup and lets the user configure a reasonably wide variety of lighting patterns in a manner similar to how analog synthesizers let people sculpt sounds. It’s, um, simpler than an analog synth, but the general concepts are basically the same. If you want to oscillate suddenly between two different states with a 50% duty cycle (like a strobe), simple, tell it what those two states are and configure it to do a square wave between them. You can also overlay another waveform simultaneously, with a different shape/frequency/intensity, if you like. For example, it’s easy to make a police flasher this way — slow square wave between red and blue plus a fast square wave between dim and bright. But plenty of less-jarring combinations are possible too.

The intent is for use in a lightsaber, to paint neat-looking patterns in the air while swinging it around. I’d imagine it should work pretty well for more general light painting too.

The cut-and-hold thing can be done, though it’ll cost a little extra space. It also uses up a UI action which might be useful for other things. Holding the button while connecting power might be a good way to reset to factory defaults, for example. That’s a thing which isn’t implemented at all right now, and hold-at-boot is probably the easiest way to do it. But I don’t know what would be the best UI choice for hold-at-boot.

Please add me in for 1.

Thanks,
FB

Please put me down for 2!

Thank you.

Sounds cool!

im in for 2

Yeah a list update is overdue, will do it soon :wink:

I’m in for 1.

Welcome to BLF, will do tomorrow!

Please put me down for one. Thanks!

I don’t want to miss out, please add me to the list! Thanks for all the work and effort going into this!

I want 1 please

Please put me on the list for 1.

Yeah will get behind the computer in a little while. So MARK

Already on list for 1, please add me again for a second one.

I’ll sign up for a second one as well…

I love the idea of being able to set ramping to regulated max. Single mode muggle is not bad. And cut to escape is a good, easy option.