Not sure if this has been asked before, when one uses a linear driver to drive the 12V XHP-35 emitter, wouldn’t the 4S batteries kill the XHP-35 immediately due to the extra 4V?
Yes I did read your test graph (thank you for that!), and yes I do realize that the Vf of the LED would increase as the current increase, but how about when the LED is in low mode (i.e. 0.1A or lower) while the Vf is still around 12V only?
Anyone has tried to mod the Acebeam K50 with this XHP 35 emitter? The K50 does look like a good candidate for it as it has 4S batteries configuration and comes with a big reflector.
3000 lumens, possibly 250+kcd, and that really sounds like a HID flashlight.
The only change I had to make from the 2S board was to upgrade my 10uf cap from a 10v to a 16V. All my other components were already 16V or more.
Initially I ordered the 16v caps from Richard, but since you asked about the other components I updated my bom with a 16v cap. Here is the list. I have not tried the 16v cap in this bom yet, but it has exactly the values as the ones I got from RMM so it should work.