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I'll keep you posted on what happens here. The price I paid was reasonable, so if they can get me the rest at a reasonable price it will be a lesson learned and we'll be back in business.

Thank you Peter. We definitely make our fair share of mistakes, but we do our best to make it right when we do.

There will be more of everything, including the SRK drivers, made available next Friday.

Hi there just wondering if my order status says complete does that mean it has been shiped out? Just not sure as I haven’t had a email conformation :slight_smile:

So guys, it's probably been asked a hundred times, but I'm looking to build my first pocket rocket and need advice. I like the look of the S6 better than the S2 and S3, and I'd like to go 3-up. I'd like to get as much throw as one can out of an optic, so should I go dedomed XP-L or just stick with XP-G2? I don't use optics ever either, so I don't even know how the beam would look dedomed. I'll go with one of the drop in pills then and my first FET driver. Any advice?

Of course DBC had me eyeing the quad optic upgrade to the Eagle Eye X6, but I'm looking for my first EDC :)

Woot! I’m pretty sure I need a few things… especially drivers to test code on.

Depending on your budget and needs, you might want to look at the Cypreus as a host… titanium makes a nice EDC, and it can use a SF L2 clip.

De-domed XP-L will give you more lumens, and I hear the beam looks very similar to how it would look with XP-G2. So, probably better throw too. However, it makes the tint rather warm; mine is about 4000K. The optics can be expanded to fit a domed XP-L, but that costs lumens again. So, tint or lumens?

For the most throw, you probably want a 10507 or 10511 optic, optionally with the frosted finish buffed off the 10511. The 10507 has some pretty noticeable beam artifacts though, and will collect dirt in its crevices unless it’s under a lens. I prefer the smoother and floodier 10511 (especially for EDC use), but I’m not really into throw except on dedicated throwers.

No, status should be 'Shipped' once it ships.

Hi Richard, apologies if it has already been discussed, but will you be stocking the A17DD-S08, single sided FET drivers that wight has done?

Yeaaahhhh, I'm not even looking to spend that kind of money on the entire setup :) Thanks for the info on the XP-L and optics though.

I have both XPL and XPG - neither dedomed. Thinking of doing it with XPL but if color shifts I know I will not like it. XPG on the other hand is just plug and play...especially with any of the 17DD drivers.

Hi Caleb. Sorry it hasn't shipped yet, I have been at school way too much these past few weeks. I am working as much as I can at night to get the existing custom driver orders out the door, but I have been falling a bit behind.

Complete means that the order is complete. Your order status will change to "Shipped" when it ships and you will receive tracking information.

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cool thanks.

I will be switching to the single sided drivers soon, but I decided to try my hand at designing my own. I don't think mine are as nice looking as Wight's (he's an Eagle wiz and is much smarter than I am!), but I think they'll work great and aesthetic tweaks will come in the future.

17mm

And a crazy 22mm

For 2S+ cells, this driver can be powered with a zener diode, or with an LDO regulator for lower parasitic drain if you're using it with a 2S+ e-switch setup (with the LDO installed you wouldn't use the D1 pad or zener diode). There is also a spot for an on-board temperature sensor. For normal use none of that stuff needs to be populated though, which is why they are marked "(opt.)", so it can just be used with the normal parts.

And this one is a beta, untested board, with the goal of staying single-sided, but also allowing for higher efficiency in the lower modes along with a really low moonlight mode, while maintaining direct drive for the higher modes. I think it will work, but I've just ordered 3 of these for now so I can test it and make revisions before releasing it.

I think that there is room for improvement on all of these, but they should all work great.

You’ll also be selling just the mosfets like you do with the current ones? PSMN3R0-30YLD? Eta?

This. Exactly what I’ve been wanting for quite a while. As soon as this is available, sign me up! :slight_smile:

FET, 1x7135, OTC, attiny13/25, and still just 17mm and one-sided!

Is there any chance you might use attiny25 on some of the drivers you build? As far as I can tell, the only drawbacks are no “picoPower” and a slightly higher price.

I believe he will, if I ever get my butt in gear and port the STAR firmware to the 25. But then with the built in temp sensing there will be a lot more code to write even though the current temp sensing program is most of the way there.

Yes. I think that we'll see them ready to go by the end of December or the beginning of January.

JonnyC;

Hurry up PLEASE! Richard has had one of my full house modified M6 lights which he borrowed back for testing and I want it back one of these years. Been gone since Oct 8th so now over 2 months of experimentation and testing with it. Three other lights in his hands shipped the same time that I am waiting for too.

That has nothing to do with him. The code is ready for those lights and working--that's just me being overworked and behind on everything. I just haven't had the time to finish things up.

I had thought it was just a matter of recompiling, but I just tried and it failed. Apparently the attiny25 gcc settings don’t have a symbol for “WDTIE” (and possibly other things), so some low-level bits will need some minor changes. They’re so similar that I doubt it’ll be hard though.

If I had a driver to test on, I’d probably be a lot more motivated to get it working. :slight_smile:

I’ll probably have an ATMega32u4 soonish to play with too, but it’s for totally different purposes.