Thanks for offering these, E1320. Regulated drop-in's or xml's in general that are regulated simply don't exist on the market. Let us know if ever do more of them with the 1D tint, you should have no trouble selling them. I would get a 1A but for I already have too many WC's.
E: Have you considered reprogramming the drivers? I bet if you'd offer to program the drivers to suit the buyer's need one could sell the dropins at CPF for $60 or more. Kind of a custom thingy, u know. The needed gear costs couple of dozen dollars, max $50 if you go for quality SOIC clip.
I flash all my drivers with modified Tido's BLF-VLD software and anything else just won't do anymore. Having the possibility to arrange the modes and power levels just to your own liking is just the best thing ever. Think of a XML light that would go from less than one lumen up to 700. No flashies (unless wanted). 3 or 4 modes. If you want to change the mode order or levels you could do it by tapping the switch. Sounds too good to be true? Well, I have a table full of them. Of course Tido might have something to say about using his code for commercial purposes. But you could make your own code. That stuff can be learned from the web. I'm not saying it's easy, but it's doable.
Just my $0,02
Ill take one. PM me your info. Put me on the wait list (if there is one) for the neutral version also
I have considered it but the Nanjg drivers are so close to perfect for me it doesn't seam worth the trouble the only thing I would do is make the low a little lower. Honestly I probably will do this eventually when I get board I like to tinker to much and this does sound really cool. I am not doing this to make money I just wanted to get rid of some of the 1A tint drop ins I made for myself so I could replace them with 1Ds. I make 5 at a time so if enough people want them I will make 5 extra D tints. I am sure I could figure out how to write a simple program if I needed to I took a programming class in college it was a requirement.
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I sent you a 1A and a 1D XML emitter drop in today, let me know what you think when you get them. Just an FYI it was $5 dollars to ship 2 drop ins clear across the country. I only have one 1A drop in left. I got rid of a couple locally everyone who sees these in person wants one. I have 5 more blank drop ins coming next week if anyone wants to reserve one I can part with some 1Ds.
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I just wanted to add that I forgot that these drop ins can handle 6 volts so 2 CR 123s is not a problem, which is great if you want to make a light to leave in your vehicle exposed to high heat.
It's all released under the GNU GPL. You're free to do with it whatever you want, as long as you're willing to license any derivative work under the GPL and to provide the source code upon request.
Thanks Tido, I appreciate you making the code available I have no intention of starting a business. I just getting rid of some extra parts I have to keep my girlfriend from accusing me of hoarding, otherwise you might see me in an episode of hoarders "Buried alive by flashlights in New Hampshire next on hoarders". Thanks again you rock.
I would like to start reprogramming the chips. Any easy list of what to get? Pretty please, i get shivers just by thinking to reread the 600+ post thread.
I just wanted to say real quick that i received my two dropins on saturday. i havent gotten a lot of time to play with them nor do i have a lot of time to write a review but ill say at first glance, these are top notch. For the price these are being offered at they are a steal. ill be back with a review later.
thanks for the great dropins
Excellent thanks HID45. :)
I am really glad you like them please update when you get a chance to test them some more.
Thanks Bob you are correct the Manafont, DX and KD XM-L drop ins all have a multicolored corona. My drop ins have a even colored smooth beam all the way across. I should have parts to do another batch of XM-L 1Ds next week and some XP-G 3Ds also if anyone is interested.
Here is a beam shot of my drop ins except for the far right one is an SB Romisen RC C3 .
far left----------1A-------------------------1D-------------------------------3D------------------------5C
I actually just ordered the parts to start doing the driver programming. I haven't written any code since I graduated college in 99, but I am looking forward to playing around with Tidos code as soon as my parts arrive.
Same as the XM-L ones standard P-60 drop in just uses a different reflector.
Received a 1A tint drop-in yesterday and couldn't be happier.
I also promised E1320 I'd give my impressions sooo...
As mentioned previously the usual spectrum shift across the spill is not present & even the 1A tint does not display any blue or green in the beam.
Very good build quality...everything is solid with good soldering & the emitter is well centered.
Definitely brighter than a Thrunite 1.5A XM-L P60 and from the eyeball test it's in the same ball park with a 2.5A SST-50. It might be a bit brighter but would need to meter it to be certain. I've been a bit late to the harder driven XM-L party so those are the closest drop-ins I have to compare it to.
E1320 also knocked off a few bucks because of a slight blemish on the dome which is completely unnoticeable in the beam itself.
All in all a very good product at a fantastic price from a great guy to work with.
I just did another batch of 1A and 1D and I had a bad driver so I have 8 chips and can add an extra chip for 3.1 amp max if you want.
Also I have some slightly used Manafont/Ultrafire 3 mode XML drop ins for sale for $15 dollars each with the purchase of one of my homemade drop ins.
1a more neutral? i may be wrong, but that is my guess. let me know which is which, i will take one. thanks.