We wanted to showcase the many options of the Noctigon 3XP as we have been recently asked by a person if he can use the LEDs individually on Noctigon 3XP Advanced boards for a reef aquarium project.
Yes you can and there are more options, provided you are careful with such a tiny board.
Sorry for digging up this thread but it seems that 3XP Noctigon is updated recently,
reversed polarity, additional pads to solder something (smd led)???
Where did you get them? I will receive some from i-o tommorow, need to check.
Got them today.
Seems that they will have same problems as E14 quad mcpcb.
Problems? what problems! I don’t use quads…
Positive traces should not be outer ring of the board, otherwise smth may shortcut to host negative.
Just reverse the polarity?
Yes, but they had proper polarity, why did manufactor have changed it?
I don’t think it’s a problem.
The big problem with the Manker quad wasn’t that positive was on the outside. Rather it was that the screw holes went through the positive mask area and the gap between the traces and the screw holes was too small. The was a risk of a short when the board was screwed down.
Unlike the Manker quad, the Noctigon doesn’t have screw holes. The only way to get an accidental short with the Noctigon would be if the traces at the edge of the board somehow contact the inside of an un-anodized light. This seems very unlikely. I’ve never seen or heard of a short occurring that way.
What are those extra pads at the top on either side of the optic leg Hole?
I suppose same footprint as on 25mm MT-G2 boards and shoud fit XQ-E
I’m wondering if those came from a batch custom ordered by some flashlight company.
What driver supports such additional led?
And one more question - where I can get this XQ-E leds?
The one for sale from the webstore is still the older design, right?
I will check tommorow, I have made order 2 weeks ago.
I ordered my stuff about a month ago, got it yesterday, first thing I did is to check IO website, then BLF… If you ordered recently (less than a month) and receive old version, please post some info (pics)…
Ans yes, it was the old version on a website when I was ordering…
It could be done in combination wth the lighted tail cap pcb but instead of the bleed resistor connecting to ground it connects to this small led pad then to ground then to the lighted(or now unlighted) tail cap switch pcb and then to B-.