Rey Engine

Yes it is glued. Rey said it is removable but I don’t have the technique to do it without damaging the pill

Powers of two, yeah. But…

What do you mean with output? I mean, all of you. Because light output ≠ current output.

If we refer to driver output current the mode spacing needs to be bigger than just twice, at least if we aim to see a doubling in light output for each subsequent mode.

You know the human perception of light output is not linear?
There’s a reason flashlight manufacturers use mode spacing of 1, 10, 30, 100%
:sunglasses:

I might have something like this:

Operation:
Single click - On/Off
Single tap - Mode sequence (Looped)
Double tap - Shorcut to 100% White
Triple tap - Shortcut to 100% Red

Configuration:
10 clicks to enter configuration, after voltage readout it will give 6 solid flashes, each flash stands for a given function.
Is voltage readout and/ or a thermal stepdown a possibility?

Config Menu:
0 .Cell voltage readout possible? in actual blinks (3.8v = 3 blinks, - 8 blinks)

  1. Select a mode group, from G1-G15
  2. Moonlight mode on/off.
  3. Mode memory on/off.
  4. Reverse mode order, H-M-L to L-M-H.
  5. Thermal config stepdown possible?
  6. Reset. (Default. 100, 20, 2, 100 Red) H-M-L-R

Mode groups:
(Double tap shortcut to 100, Triple tap shortcut to 100 Red)

1. 100, 20, 2%, ML
2. 100, 30, 5, 1, ML
3. 100, 35, 10, 2, ML
4. 100, 40, 15, 5, 1%, ML
5. 50, 10, 1%, ML

6. 100, 20, 2, ML, Red 100
7. 100, 30, 5, 1, ML, Red 25, Red 100
8. 100, 35, 10, 2, ML, Red 100%, Red breathing
9. 100, 40, 15, 5, 1, ML, Red breathing, Red 25, Red 100%
10 100, 40, 15, 5, 1, ML, Red 100, Red 25%, Red breathing

11. 50, 10, 1, ML, Red 25, Red breathing
12. 100, 30, 1, Red 100, Red Beacon, Red Strobe100, White Beacon, White strobe 100
13. 100, 30, 1, Red 25, Red breathing, Red heartbeat strobe.
14. White 30, Red 100, Red 25%, Red breathing, Red heartbeat
15. White 30, White breathing, Red breathing, Red 25, Red 100%

Hidden group: (White tactical strobe)
When the light is on, press and hold the switch for 1.5-4 seconds.

yes, that is exponential, not linear

wle

Isn’t “1 2 4 8 16 32 64 128 256 512 1024” actually a geometric sequence?

I believe it is an exponential sequence, but I think modes work better when you multiply by about three (instead of two) between modes.

That was my understanding as well.

1.Red25- red100- white2% – 25% – 100%

This is what Krystal should have offered.

Hidden is intuitive but turning off and back on quickly can trigger accidentally.

I have x2 Lan, a Pineapple and the Krystal….I love your work.

Thanks for your input.
Let’s assume that I was at low mode, and I want to get to high mode; if I click rapidly (let’s say 2-3 times within 1 second), I will be forced into the hidden mode.

Zebra uses electronic switch, reverse clicky is quite different. 1click= next mode, 2 clicks= next 2nd mode, 3 clicks= next 3rd mode.
It can ealisy cause some confusion.

I love the spacing of LAN/Pineapple. One thing I would note though is I occasionally overshoot or over estimate how much light I want / need and inadvertently enable mode memory. Not sure if anyone else has this problem :blush: . Also, handing these lights to muggles is a guaranteed switching of mode memory. Personally, I would like to see config mode require more than 8 clicks.

I can imagine that.

Since the perceived brightness is exponential, I’d say:

ML-1.5–6–25–100

perhaps adding and extra moonlight-only mode activated by double-tap to prevent accidentally ruining night vision.

Are we talking clicky or e-switches? For e-switches, mode memory with shortcuts to firefly, via hold from off, and double click to turbo are :+1:

Reverse clicky.

Hi Rey! Glad you find it useful!

I do understand your perspective and concern about the double click making us enter the “hidden” mode (Turbo). I guess that in a reverse clicky will always be hard to control the amount of pressure and the timing to make it act correctly.

Some time ago I made some demonstration videos with the guppy3drv firmware by doctor Jones. In this driver/UI you can choose some configurations where you can double click for turbo from any mode and a half press takes you back to the previous mode.

I tried to demonstrate that you can “manage the timing” of the double click, but it is true that it is not always possible to get it right.
However, take a look here.
Maybe there is another option instead of 2 fast clicks, but I really, REALLY, think that having the possibility to enable/disable a double or triple click to turbo would be awesome in a reverse clicky flashlight!

Hope this helps :wink:

I also made another video showing it with forward switch but I guess it will not be useful in this project.

Agreed, doule or triple click are always hard to control for some people.

Great idea. Add 2 configs, to enable/disable the doule or triple click.

Great :wink: That would be a nice feature! That way, those that feel more uncomfortable will have the possibility to chose what’s the best suitable UI :wink:

Glad you found it helpful :wink:

Thank you a lot.