I need more time to compare their behavior. I have a few lights with varying iterations of candle mode.
~November 2018 build on a D4S and Q8 - Baseline + looks “smooth”
1st gen D4 (V2 Driver/no fancy lockout) - higher max brightness + distinguishable waveforms of at least 2 triangle waves.
6/2 on FW3A - higher max brightness + distinguishable waveforms of at least 2 triangle waves + seemingly more erratic 3rd wave?
I cant quite tell much difference between the Nov 2018 and D4v1(V2 driver) aside from maybe a minor increase in max allowable brightness fluctuations and the occasional noticeably stepped brightness increases.
Something about the 6/2 build just makes it seem like the “flame” is substantially more active and flickery, and that compounded with the higher allowable brightness isnt relaxing to me. I may have to reflash the older FW3A build just to confirm its the build and not the light, but I distinctly remember it looking different after the flash.
Obviously thats just my opinion though and something minor in the grand scheme of things. Perhaps its all in my head.
Contingency plan is to wait till next payday. As far as the Emisar’s go I have one of each color in the D4 with almost all emmiters. Couple of D1S’s and a couple of D1’s. Easy to get a dozen pretty quickly. At $35 each (Except for the D4 with the XP-L Hi’s) that is reasonable on my wallet. Another $15 or so for thV2 just hits a little harder each time, It will be an $70 with the XP-L Hi’s. . I may get 3 or so but It will be difficult to do much more due to cost. Will not happen. Really wish I could find a D4 in Cyan with XP-L Hi’s. If anyone knows anyone with that one in particular.
Ah, okay. I can’t say I’m totally happy with it either. Those changes were mostly tested on the lantern, but I find it looks a bit odd on some other lights. I might have to figure out a way to increase the resolution somehow, like put it on a sub-ramp-level lowpass filter or something. It gets complicated due to having multiple power channels with differently-sized and non-linear steps.
Maybe I could just remove the slowest wave or replace it with something else… not sure. The low resolution makes things look really weird when it’s not actively flickering, but constant movement isn’t ideal either.
Or perhaps I could just increase the resolution, and maybe compress the tables to reduce the size impact. It might only work on bigger MCUs.
this latest offering has received a bit of fanfare, but I would have expected more. Not that exciting? I think this, one and if Hank does the D4S the same way, will be two of the greatest in my collection …. just my opinion.