There will be ANNA-6XP (and XV of course), but in mosX2 version, as good as DTP.
I bought 7x optics before I made design, later I found 7x is too problematic because spacers for Convoy C8 would be too complicated, so board will be 6x, 7x optics still fits anyway.
70CRI Luxeon V has better performance, so I don't think I will stock 70CRI Samsung versions soon. Buying full reels of each variant is too big investment for me right now, so currently I will stock only most interesting LEDs .
There will be cute-3/4 and angie spacers for EE X6, anna spacer for C8. I don't plan to have C8 cute,angie spacers for now, unless there is enough interest, just don't see any advantage when Sofirn C8F triple is available.
Anna-6 has similar TIR size like angie, so throw would be similar with 2 LEDs more, and 50% more lumens.
Would anyone be interested in Samsung LH351C 5000K 70CRI LED at price of 0.7€/pc?
Manufacturer number is SPHWHTL3D50CE4RTQF, flux bin is highest QF bin(310-370lm @700mA,Tj=85C).
This LED is interesting not just because of low price, but because die size is smaller than 4mm2 LEDs like XP-L,LH351D etc. which means narrower beam when used with 3x,4x optics, while lumen output looks fairly impressive, at least up to "stock maximum" of 2A.
I’m a high CRI fan so a 80 or 90CRI version of the LH351C would interest me more, but it is nice if we have a convenient source for the LH351C which has good specifications! That said, I would like to see it tested and perform well in practice to become really interested.
I think the manta ray c8.2 host that uses a 26650 cell will work nicely for the ANNA 7x optics. The head size is the same as a convoy c8 and it might be easier to make a spacer for the manta ray than the convoy. It will definitely improve run times with a 26650 cell over a 18650, but probably not as popular.
Is there anywhere I can safely drill two holes in the MCPCB (probably the wrong term here ) to screw this to the pill? The pill itself is only about 17mm in diameter in the driver area. The pill itself is a modified B158 item.
Bacuse most of surface is covered with copper top layer (it's visible in pictures),drilling holes is too risky. Even sanding it down to 17mm is problematic,but in theory it can be done, dielectric layer is very thin,so risk of short is bigger.