can i use my code for a green lantern when it will be available ?
Hi, could someone tell me what the trimmer on the back of the board actually does? Thanks!
Edit: Apparently nothing, as some people removed it without effects.
Nevermind.
And will Batch 3 (with the USB C function) be included in the group buy? Thanks!
Code received in PM from Sofirn on Nov 26th … Code entered on Amazon US site for LT1 lantern without batteries, quantity one, … on the Amazon checkout page … ‘the code that you entered is not valid’.
I have used cut and paste directly from the PM and also tried manually typing the code. I matched case (upper) or not (lower), and included the dashes or not. Nothing works.
Pattern of the supplied code is AAAA-AA9AAA-AAAAAA … Alpha’s, dashes, and Numerics only.
This is my first LT1 order and I’m not attempting to buy multiple items with repeated orders either. I won’t complete the order until I can apply a code to lower the price.
Sofirn has been informed by PM and I have asked that they look into this situation further.
Anyone have an idea about what I’m missing? …. Is anyone else having a problem with the first supplied code?
My code worked flawlessly, but I know of another German who had to get in contact with sofirn to sort something out.
I guess that they are very busy right now, and they will sort everything out eventually, but maybe not within seconds.
So I guess everyone having problems should clear that out with sofirn via PM.
Maybe we should have another thread for order-related issues, and keep this one to discuss technology?
This other LT1 purchase topic could be a place for for those maybe: BLF Lantern Purchase/Followup Information - Group Buy list is Closed!!!!
The code sent to you this time just works for black one. Collored version needs new code.
Had my LT1 for a few weeks now, it’s a great lantern. I was 303 on the list, mine had the bridged and badly wiped solder bridges, so I soldered all of them.
I’ve looked but can’t find the answers to the following questions:
1) Is the temp sensor on the main driver board or the LED mpcb? With all bridges soldered, the top gets fairly warm on the highest level.
I’m just wondering how reliable the thermal protection is, I know I’m running this hard on the highest possible mode so it’ll generate some heat.
2) I’ve had rare instances of strobing when tightening the battery tube after replacing cells or mechanical lockout, it looks quite cool white- similar to the confirmation flash but obviously repeated at (guessing) 8 hz. Button unresponsive while in mystery strobe mode.
I’ve recently cleaned the +’ve contact and not had any repeated strobing since, but as it was a rare problem, are there any other things I can try if the issue re-occurs?
3) This is my first true Andúril lightso I have nothing to compare to- is it normal for the Sunset mode to progressively step down or is it supposed to be a gradual ramp?
I find the sudden steps a bit distracting.
On a slightly (un-)related note to sunset mode, I picked up some cheap 2xAA fairy lights the other day with a “6hr on-18hr off, repeat” mode so that they come on and switch off automatically.
I’d probably use a similar mode on the LT1, especially with user configured brightness and a sunset ramp at the end of the “on” period.
I’d also love to see a tint ramping sunset (Bright, neutral white ramping down to dim and warm) followed by 8 hours of standby and a sunrise ramp.
Going to have to start to learn to code at this rate 
No temperature sensing as I understand it. The sensor is on the mcu so temp sensing would involve having a separate sensor on the led mcpcb
Mtn. Don answered this one.
ToyKeeper provided me a trial version of firmware to test that was attempting to fix a problem where short button presses were occasionally being missed. This version had strobing issues that could only be stopped by removing power. I never saw the strobing with the original build of the firmware sent out with the LT1, or any of my other Anduril lights. Wondering if the strobing just stops, or do you need to remove power to get the strobing to stop? For me power needed to be removed. Keep notes if you continue to see the problem and perhaps ToyKeeper will add looking into that to her “list”.
Yes, this is how sunset works. I don’t know what step size the firmware uses, but in reality there are 150 steps from min to max. It seems like there could be smooth steps down for sunset, but I know the Attiny85 is very full, and perhaps implementing such a smoother step down function won’t fit, or has not made it to the top of the priority list yet.
I also would like such modes, but I know the time keeper in the Attiny85 is not terribly accurate, and counting something like 8 hours would likely be pretty variable from unit to unit, at least that’s the way I understand it based on my recollection of hearing ToyKeeper discuss the Attiny85.
Ordered my LT1 + batteries a few days ago with the amazon code. Many thanks to DBSAR, the entire LT1 team and Sofirn for making it happen.
Today I realized that the current AE store price is under 57 USD (with the promo code) which is better than GB price… Oh well. I’ll just stick with amazon.
I don’t follow that…. I paid Amazon 49.69 plus tax of 2.55 for a total of 52.24 US$ (LT1 only, no batteries. ) The actual advertised Amazon price was $69.99 and the coupon code gave a discount of $20.30 The only variance for a no batteries included LT1, shipped to a US address should be a possibly higher or lower sales tax amount.
I guess mine is on the slow boat, this was the last movement:
Thursday, October 31
8:31 AM
Package has left the carrier facility
GuangDongShengGuangZhouShi 51040034,
Says it’s arriving by Dec 19, just in time complete this lantern adventure and sign up for the Mini!
edit: and then it just shows up and blows my mind! Amazon still has it stalled out somewhere in China.
Worth the wait. Darn cool.
Yes, I guess it just depends on where you are - my total remained at $49.69
I’m sorry. To clarify, I paid roughly $63 total for the lantern with batteries as a member of the GB. In Aliexpress, I added the LT1 with batteries to my cart and applied a - $8 promo code that Jackie posted here on BLF. The total was $56.39 with batteries shipped from China to eastern US.
Ok, thanks! Not an issue, just wanted to not have to find out the hard way!
Thanks for the explanation on sunset stepdowns!
Ok, yes, that strobing issue sounds like mine, have to remove power. Seems better after I cleaned the positive contact ring and I’ve taken to using the onboard charging rather than using an external charger.
Thanks for the data. It has been really useful for adjusting the power correction formula.
The prototype hardware and production hardware have different response curves, and the production hardware is much nicer. So the firmware was (over)correcting for an issue which has been greatly reduced by better hardware.
Anyway, the code is updated to better match the new hardware, and it should be included eventually on new lanterns. Or for people with the ability to flash firmware, it’s already available.
1. There is no thermal regulation on the LT1. The sensor is too far from the LEDs, and the MCU doesn’t have enough pins to add an external sensor.
2. That’s a symptom of a crash or a hang. When something goes wrong, the attiny reboots itself… and it will keep rebooting unless it’s specifically prevented from doing so. The strobing on boot means something went wrong, like interrupts interrupting each other until the stack is exhausted, or something like that. This seems to happen when there’s some sort of electrical noise strong enough to trip up the control chip, so it makes sense that cleaning the contacts would help. That would eliminate the source of the noise.
In the past few weeks I’ve rewritten large parts of the kernel to make it more tolerant of electrical noise, by reducing the amount of time each interrupt takes and making code more thread-safe. I also added some code to make it handle crashes differently, by rebooting only once instead of continuously.
So newer firmware should help, but it doesn’t actually fix the cause of the problem — electrical noise. That’s more of a physical problem. The newer versions just makes the control chip respond better when there is a physical problem.
3. Sunset goes down one ramp step at a time, but the ramp’s resolution is limited… especially near the bottom. I have some ideas for how to increase the hardware resolution beyond what is supported natively, but I don’t have it working yet.
Sunrise mode has come up a few times before, but the attiny chip’s timing is really variable and inaccurate, so instead of 8 hours, it would end up being anything from 7 to 9 hours. It’s do-able, but hasn’t been added yet. The main limitations are timing inaccuracy and limited ROM space.
Good to see you hear Julez! Love me some flashlights (and batteries, and chargers :laughing:.
Cheers,
David
Who is this magical Jackie that has Ali discount codes?
Just as an FYI, I’ve been running into the same type of strobing when trying to lock / unlock an EDC18.