Is this still progressing? Seems a long time without anything happening.
Yes we are waiting on a new prototype, should be ready real soon.
ooooh. cant wait. 
Brian
That’s great!
Not to sound grumpy, but it’s somewhat difficult to keep up with actual Q8 news with so much random chatter around here
Real progress will always be in the title of the thread, so if the title does not change, not that much is going on.
Therefore continue with the Random Chatter!!! :partying_face:
Yup, it’s just people marking time in the thread. When something of importance happens it should quiet down. At least I’d expect it to.
I eagerly anticipate buyers posting their user experiences.
I have a question for Narsil.
I think I used wrong fuses so the light runs too slow
When in config mode the blinks are over a second away from each other
Which fuses are used for it?
in for 1. thanks
Should be as documented in the header, and also posted in the Bat file: 85fuses.bat.
This is the "sort of official" location for the latest Narsil, version 1.2:
https://drive.google.com - Narsil
Please download/unzip the file: AVRDudeCommands.zip for the BAT files for AVRDude.
Here's the excerpt from the source code in Narsil.c from the comment header:
* FUSES
* See this for fuse settings:
* http://www.engbedded.com/cgi-bin/fcx.cgi?P_PREV=ATtiny85&P=ATtiny85&M_LOW_0x3F=0x22&M_HIGH_0x07=0x07&M_HIGH_0x20=0x00&B_SPIEN=P&B_SUT0=P&B_CKSEL3=P&B_CKSEL2=P&B_CKSEL0=P&V_LOW=E2&V_HIGH=DE&V_EXTENDED=FF&O_HEX=Apply+values
*
* Following is the command options for the fuses used for BOD enabled (Brown-Out Detection), recommended:
* -Ulfuse:w:0xe2:m -Uhfuse:w:0xde:m -Uefuse:w:0xff:m
* or BOD disabled:
* -Ulfuse:w:0xe2:m -Uhfuse:w:0xdf:m -Uefuse:w:0xff:m
*
* Low: 0xE2 - 8 MHz CPU without a divider, 15.67kHz phase-correct PWM
* High: 0xDE - enable serial prog/dnld, BOD enabled (or 0xDF for no BOD)
* Extra: 0xFF - self programming not enabled
*
* --> Note: BOD enabled fixes lockups intermittently occurring on power up fluctuations, but adds slightly to parasitic drain
Ok so I used the right fuses but the config mode and strobe is extreemly slow.
I use Narsil triple v1.3
The strobe is flashing between 1 and 2Hz
Just to blink through whole config mode takes minutes
Whoa, that's a weird one. So instead of 16 kHz, it's doing 1-2 hertz? That's a factor of 8,000 - 16,000 times too slow. Hhmm.
Are you using Atmel Studio 7.0 and copied the files exactly? Any mods to the code?
NarsilTriple is here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B1IxYZuk4DjcUERkZGpmdnBsWFk
So same thing applies for the fuse settings.
I never saw or heard of a problem like this that wasn't fuse settings. I can try downloading from the share, rebuild, and test it if you'd like. What driver are you using? What specific 7135 and FET?
the strobe is so slow, not the pwm
I compiled the Narsil triple v1.3.c with this method from this thread
this is the defective hex file it build
http://www.metronixlaser.de/bilder/flashlight/NarsilTriple.hex
I think it does not accept the preprocessor and other configs files, as I made a new project with just the narsil.c file
I learned a lot last 2 days getting into Amtel a bit, so i tried to compile your 3*7135 version
Compiling the whole project gives me an error in Amtel 5 that some tool is missing
Opening the Narsil triple v1.3 solution I need a newer version of Amtel studio than my 5.1
I have version 7 now installed and try to generate a new Narsil triple.hex
this is the new hex file compiled with Amtel 7
http://www.metronixlaser.de/bilder/flashlight/NarsilTriple_v1.3.hex
Oops, yep I'm all confused. it should be 16 Hz, so it's 8-16 times slower.
Yea. I'd go with 7.0. I was using 6.0 before this and have been keeping up with the latest versions every since - never a problem.
In fact in that old comfy thread I posted I was using 6.0 at the time.
I did test the new flashed driver
the old hex file is defective
the new one works a lot faster
and the new one does not do the 2 blinks at powering the driver?
Got a compile switch in there now to enable/disable the double blink - might have been left turned OFF when I posted the source code. Interesting, but good news.
What about using a hollowed-out unicorn horn for the tube? That must have some special thermal properties…
I prefer the higher specific heat capacity of Pegasus femur
Yeah, but the unicorn horn is prettier! :heart_eyes:
Maybe we can get Pegasus Femur just in the pill area, and unicorn horn for the rest of the host. 
Phoenix feather. If it does goes up in flames, it reincarnates.