I actually have no idea where the drain is coming from since I broke the driver when trying to remove it from the S42. So I can’t test it to figure it out.
I am just going on what Lexel reported earlier in this thread.
1ma is about right for an active MCU though, so it kind of figured that would be right.
At this point the simplest option is to leave the charging circuit alone and just deal with the 1ma drain, still a massive improvement to get Narsil and a good LED driver.
I do not have the S42 but would consider it with upgrades specified.
For charging boards I recently finished a light using one. I get 0.350mA drain with one green indicator LED in the SW button. There is also a red for charge indicator.
And forget the Micro USB plug too, I want to see a Waterproof magnetic connector like I have integrated into my Lil’ light.
The ME4056 Nanjing Micro One Electronics Inc. Charge controller chip is on the little board I used. It shuts off to a Low current state state.
I do not understand most of the technical electronics stuff but here is a link to a post I made on the boards I bought. Datasheets are linked too.
ME4056 Tiny charge board similar to TP4056
Link to the Clone M3 build specs in post #11
Interesting, it is simple enough to use, the question is how reliable is it? I suppose it won’t be worse then the existing charge controller on the S42.
I wish that TI or a more mainstream manufacture had a chip like this, I would trust it a lot more. I could not find anything when search though. Course I am swamped with the GT GB right now.
Can’t speak for reliability but it does have 10+ charges on it. I didn’t thermally sink the chip in the light at all. It does not get hot while charging, mildly warm.
My Clone M3 original charge circuit died on the first use.
Charge chip is made by the same Co that makes the supposedly better 7135 with the claw marking. The TopPower charge chip TP4056 is cloned to death. At least these would be original manufacturer. Minimal parts needed with it as the tiny design shows.
It looks like it has a 1% tolerance, so it could charge up to a max of 2.42v, a bit high for my liking but not totally unacceptable. About what most cheap chargers out there do and getting a better chip would add a lot of cost.
If anyone knows of a better chip like this, please let me know. Otherwise I will look into this chip a bit deeper and see if I can just remake the charging circuit from scratch. It says the chip itself has a very low parasitic drain.
I’m curious about the Astrolux S42 (Nichia 219C) compared to the Astrolux S41 (Nichia 219B) — any idae if using the same 18650 and setting to turbo mode, would their light output be similar? Or are the 2 have different drivers (the have the same BLF A6 UI, except the S42 uses a side e-switch?)
I measured here with very thick cables on my mod 18A on a fresh 18650 cell
Just got mine today, great little light but the UI really is quite annoying. Would definitely be interested in an upgraded driver!
I was just curious. Did you do any work with HaikeLite to help improve their drivers? They are saying their MT09R and recent versions of the MT03 are using a new TA based FET driver, but their own UI. I didn’t know if you assisted them or if they just “borrowed” your driver design.
Kinda sorta. They did ask me if they could use the design in their lights and I offered to help them but they decided to do it on their own and use custom firmware. Why, I have no idea.
I then got a message the other day asking for some kind of help with the drivers, so I am not real sure what is going on with them at the moment. I am hoping that I can talk them into using Narsil at least.
Finally heard back from Banggood on the S42 so I could start work on the driver. They want to use the LY4057 charging circuit which looks like it will work.
Got the main driver almost laid out, then start work on the charging pcb. I am not sure what footprint the USB connector is, still got to track that down.
Tell them how much a success narsil was on the Q8. I’m sure it would increase sales. It’s like a factory custom light. What could I do to mod it? Nothing! Lol
Well, if people were to start contacting them asking for Narsil to be used with the drivers it sure would help the chances of it being used.
Tell them I am happy to help them get it working, they have seemed hesitant to use outside help for some reason.
Narsil would be amazing, hope they are reading this thread?
+1 for narsil.
Hey guys, let’s go to this thread and tell Haikelite directly that we would like to see them using NarsilM on their TA based drivers.
~~https://budgetlightforum.com/t/-/47515/53~~
Oops, posted in wrong thread.
Astolux lights are manufactured by Matemineco!
Certain ones, but not all.
the S42 is not manufactured by HaikeLight nor will they build a driver for it
Yes, that would work really well as a UI on this light. Like a mini-Q8.
I updated the OP with my NarsilM replacement driver which accepts the USB piggyback board