I am interested in the updated candle mode. The original is a bit jumpy for my tastes, but I did not want to complain. I would call it more like fireplace. Candleâs donât tend to change the output all the much. Not sure from the graph what it will âlookâ like, but âlooking forwardâ to checking it out.
Iâve been following this for a year and would love to see the lantern used for 2019. Please put me down for one. Thanks for the hard work in design and testing.
I recognize the big peaks and valleys from the older version, the tighter ocillations to replace the big peaks in the newer one look like theyâll be nice. Even better!
The S42âs problem wasnât a matter of BLF not having any production samples. BLF wasnât even involved. It looked from the outside like the S42 simply wasnât tested at all. It couldnât even turn on, since the batteries it was designed for wouldnât fit inside. And that was only the beginning of its problems.
It was such a big failure that Astrolux made some huge changes in how the company operates, and insisted on getting people from BLF involved in the next model.
Anyway, the BLF Lantern is nothing like that. TBH, I would be pretty happy with it even if the production model was exactly like the prototype. The only major things I want to change about it are to give it newer firmware. I didnât even try to get it calibrated correctly before a prototype arrived, so the proto firmware is definitely a bit out of tune. But I have most of the necessary changes done now, and am just finishing up a few final things.
I do really like its efficiency and size, also its one of the few good solar chargers that has a built in âcharge reset circuit modeâ every couple minutes. ( meaning if a cloud passes over & voltage drops, it automatically will reset the charging shutdown feature in most Apple products like Iphones & IPads to they can continue charging.
I was just using S42 as an example of shipping a product before you made production samples and tested, could have used a toaster where the toast doesnât fit, not suggesting any BLF involvement.
Glad to hear that, but having ordered two (one as a gift) it just put me off completely any Astrolux product, I have not looked since at one of their products.
I think with this one I need to learn how to flash the firmware so I can put your latest on, is there a post with the final driver details in? I assume this picture in the first post is current?
I saw a thread on programming on a âkeyâ but I donât see a header on this PCB, would you need to clip to the chip directly? (I am ploughing through the link in your signature for instructions at the moment in an attempt to RTFM)
EDIT: I take it back, the base of the board has a row of 4 pads inside the ring for the battery tube contact, is that the programming header?
EDIT2: Right next to the word âprogrammingâ :person_facepalming:
Off to find that thread on the programming board/keyâŚ