AguassissiM, no firm price yet, likely around $40. I think I may have provided lower estimates in earlier posts but the reality my SWAG is based on something I read in this thread a long time ago. Sofirn has not provided any sort of price estimate at this time.
Doctawho, not exactly sure what sort of compatibility you are looking for, but the design is leveraged heavily off the Q8. Put you on the interest list, it is not a committment to buy, just trying to gauge roughly how many lights will sell out the get go for Sofirn.
Not that I’m aware of. At the moment, I think we’re mostly waiting on Barry&co to build and test Lexel’s driver design. I also have some firmware updates I could make, but I’ve been trying to finish other stuff first.
Curious …. just how long has “the ball” been in Barry&co court? An update(even if it is not about the lantern) telling us what is going on would be nice. Anything indicating the project is actually moving forward.
I think Barry got the files just a few days ago. I’m not sure how long it takes to print the circuit boards and get all the components, but it’s probably faster than ordering from Oshpark.
I must admit I haven’t followed the project very closely beyond what is needed for firmware. I’ve been kind of enjoying not being in charge. I can at least say the project is moving, though. There were some unexpected delays from several hardware updates, but it sounds like it’ll probably go faster now.
Waiting to hear for progress from Barry really. Its going slower than i been hoping, but i don’’t have the BLF project experience or knowledge that the organizers of the GT or Q8 had. Originally we had TheMiller who has much more experience in projects like this helping us, but he went missing in action over a year ago, and i just don’t have his ability or experience to push this project through faster. We have a great team of people working on the driver & helping with the list and other things including ToyKeeper, Lexel, SBslider, BlueSword, Bmengineer, and with Barry of Sofirn on the team, but my hands are tied on to know exactly of the things needed to get it rolling smoother. All i know of right now is waiting for the driver to be developed at the factory and waiting for updates from Barry, and try to provide him with anything he needs to the best of my abilities & what spare time i have.
I miss TheMiller too. If without him, the Q8 project could take longer. Several days ago, engineer arranged a prototype of board but still wait for it……At the same time, contacting Samsung led supplier for the needed leds, also waiting……. I’m not sure if a prototype of lantern can be made before Chinese New Year arrives.
Thanks TK…… Yeah, I was surprised that you ‘seemed’ to have time to deal with interest list …… isnt that a bit below your paygrade?..…it’s above mine 
