DARKSIDE | NYMPH (10440 twisty Fet+1 flashlight w/ 4k 9050 219C)

A twisty with a SPRING! Even tougher as the contact would be a soft touch as the spring makes contact and begins to compress.

My Texas Poker is a “crusher”. Works great but is very cell specific… not a problem here as there is really only one cell that is available in this size to supply the current a DD set-up requires.

positive terminal and the FET look to be too close

most of the 3.3mm site have 2 tiny contacts on the sides which would collide with it

LFPAK33 are better suited as they dont plus they have a fin

also I would go to 0402 parts for the FET resistors and add 4.7Ohms and a 0.1uF cap on MCU

also the viases without any copper around it and the small diameter make boards pretty expensive,
standard fabs make cheap with 0.3mm drill and 6mil copper around it

Pogo pin programmer will be beast if you got one or better 2 of the pads being vises to align the pins

It’s a twisty with an e-switch. Battery tube compresses the switch, so it shouldn’t be hard to operate. BTW, it opens new UI options as unlike a clicky it has 3 states:

  • power off
  • button depressed
  • button pressed
    Though it may not be easy to distinguish 1 and 2.

What gives you that idea?

There are two states:

  • Battery connected.
  • Battery not connected.

There is no e-switch. Just a metal cylinder for the battery to touch.

Super nice Hoop!

The black box on the driver looks totally like a switch.

its a good oldschool AMC7135

Yeah, that’s a 7135 mounted upright… not a switch.

OK, thanks for clarification.

Twisty with a spring like the old school Surefire lights or with out the spring like the Zero Rez switch, that can be used as a twisty or push button if set up correctly. I have guppydrv. and guppydrv3 on most of my Surefire lights with stock or zero rez switch not a problem when it comes to changing modes or mode groups with the mechanical push button set up.

It’s not a dealbreaker or -maker as such, but he has a point
Everything else is very impressive. Please keep informing us of the (technical) updates.

As for now I’m quite tempted, but I’ll have to wait for the green/red light of my dealbreaker.

One thing that I think Hoop was going for with this light, was the aspect of a strong tiny work light that would tail stand. Unfortunately with a loop on the end that would not work and it is so tiny that the light would have had to be lengthened to allow for a side hole that would still allow tail standing.

I for one am glad to see a tiny light with good output that will tail stand!

Matt

I think he’s working on a magnet strong enough to hold the light solidly, so this might be a way to carry it… attached by magnet to a metal base on a lanyard or necklace. :wink:

Oh Yeah! A flat metal piece ( or another magnet) with a loop big enough to put a neck chain through. That makes it easier to use the light, too, since it works as a quick disconnect. Just make sure the magnet(s) is/are strong enough that it won’t come off accidentally from a “bump” or slight tug. It should take a decisive pull to get it to disconnect.

It’s a real shame the screws in my spine are Titanium, if they were stainless I could get two of these and use them as Dr. Frankendale lugs on my neck. :stuck_out_tongue:

Well, people do put tiny magnets under their skin. There are magnets you can buy with appropriate bio-compatible coating for that purpose. They say that after a while your body learns how to use them to develop a “magnet sense” which is really cool.

Will this be “only” a kickstarter project?

Good work on it, btw :wink:

OMG that would be a kids dream come true! Not that screws in spines are cool, but being able to do that would be so cool!

Looks like I’ll be backing this project up too. For the amount of work being (the knurling for one) I think it is a fair price.

LightUpTheDark, have you seen video on the light? He turns it around and around and the knurling captures the light like diamonds! Very very fancy schmancy! Love it! :heart_eyes:

Hoping the 7075 Al takes ano to please him, the dang thing would be virtually bulletproof…