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I’m sure she could elaborate, but the plan is it’s going to be a PID like job, which is a big step up from current lights. There’s a bunch of code you can read over if you want to dig around in here. I think it was closer to PD than PID when I last checked, but as to whether the code will step back up after a step down if the light cools off, it’s definitely going to be capable of that.

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It is not the driver it’s in the software.
If throttled for thermal reasons and you put ice on a D4 it gets brighter. Same as FW3A.
If you flash Andúril on the Q8 it should also work. But you need to get the regulation right for every type of lamp.

It seems it’s already done

Thats exactly what I was hoping for, just havent read that far yet. Thanks!

Im new this whole thing as well please put me down for one (1)

I’ll take 4

I’ll take 4.

Thanks

cjoe

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How many lanterns do you want in total? . . . … 8 units? .

I’ll take 4 lanterns.

Oops, sorry for the double-post, just want the one, please.

Way to make a first (and second, I guess) impression….

—jmike

Put me down for 1 please.

Cheers

The host design isn’t finalized, and really the only pieces which could be easily swapped are the MCPCB and optics. A mod host would be a complete light minus those two parts. The driver is not swappable without making your own layout for this specific host.

The emitter poll hasn’t started. :slight_smile:

That’s already done. Adjustments shouldn’t be visible to humans.

… and that has been working for a long time. :slight_smile:

After it throttles itself down, hold a block of ice against the light and it should ramp up pretty quickly… much faster than a D4, since the D4 had a throttle-up speed limit of “turtle” to prevent oscillations.

I’ve been trying to make it “just work” on a wide variety of hosts, from the tiny hot D4-219c to the large and moderate 500-lumen BLF Lantern. So far it’s working on most, but still doesn’t like the D4-219c on full turbo yet. That light is pretty much the worst case, so once that is working it should be fine everywhere else too.

It’s fine on FW3A XP-G2 at 3A, but I doubt it’ll adjust fast enough on FW3A 219c at full turbo. So it needs more tweaking.

Put me down for 1, please.

I am not sure if I want a poll about the emitters.
I think it would be better if the team members get the second prototype and they swap in the first prototype different LEDs and optics. (XPG2, XPG3, frosted, clear, dif. angles)
Then compare the different lamps side by side. And then the team should choose.

It would be nice if the team shoot for the nicest beam and not for the highest lumen.
(And please no green in it)

Polls deliver normally an average result and we have to judge on pictures and the lamp not in the hand.

Would a silicon heat transfer pad help for the 219C to get the heat quicker to the µC?
Would a turbo with only 2.5A help?

With “turbo” being a FET, it isn’t possible to limit the current to a specific amount. The max-regulated mode should be 3A.

Well yeah, that’s why I said

The point is that the q8 doesn’t, and the d4 does it very weakly, but this one should be somewhat faster than the turning of the seasons and yet smooth. :stuck_out_tongue: It will be ‘cool’ to have that updated behavior. Of course, for cool factor, optical configuration (which should absolutely be called photonic programming or something equally fun) is definitely cool.

I agree. I trust the team with lights in hand will make a better decision than the rest of us looking at beam shots. In addition, I think that a team working hard to make a nice, efficient light is likely to be mindful of tint and not just go for max lumens. :wink: