I’m just curious, what improvements would the TA driver provide?
Is it to allow for different emitters and voltages?
for JasonWW and anyone else curious about modding the Q8.
There is an ope thread for that OVER THERE
Q8 modding (preliminary) | BudgetLightForum.com
Q8 modding
for those who got samples to start a modification thread, suggesting what’s going to be worth improving. Maybe even show us.
God bless the folks who know how to mod’ a light and wish to. They’re some of the same folks who design them from scratch and bring us the various BLF lights. Kudus to them! Thanks! They speak in a language I don’t understand, but I know it exists and I do appreciate it.
Driver diameter around 47.5mm, positive ring OD 31mm, ID20mm and from the driver shelf to the base of the ledge is 15mm.
Will update list later
Aren’t the real factories producing 24/7 but workers in shifts?
Thanks MRsDNF will quote it in the preliminary modding thread!
The missing measurement would be 39mm for the mounting hole spacing. They are 2.75mm holes for 2.5mm mounting screws.
yeah also the mounting holes base is important so it does not interfere with the components on the TA driver
It offers a 3rd regulated channel for a good mid-range regulated output. Thats about it.
There should be new driver tech coming on the scene within a year or so that would improve things further but it is not here yet. When said new driver tech is ready I want to make a new line of drivers to replace the TA series.
Even if they are running production 24/7, I suspect they only have one shift of designers, probably working daytime hours. And the email we are so anxiously awaiting would be from the design team.
Yes Mr.Scott this is what I think too
Please add me to the list thanks
Yeah will do.
Welcome to BLF!
Thanks
Sorry I could not keep track on this for a while. What is the current situation? I will be away until 1. of August. I hope it will not finished until that date because I am in a fear not getting this.
Dude, don’t let us all wait just because you’re on a holliday :confounded:
joking but not really been waiting fo sooooooooooooooooooo long now
Lol, not a chance. You’ll be fine.
Heheh when it goes live it’ll be some time people have to order of course 
I did a redesign of TA SRK driver for the Q8
I will send the driver to djozz as soon as possible to test out with his prototype
So which looks better just vias or connected vias?
v1.1 vs. v1.4
Those vias are useless and just give more places for a manufacturing mistake to cause a direct short to ground that could fry the batteries. The much better option would be to simply use the silk screen to put Q8 on it.
Easier to see and no risk of shorts. Plus you don’t have to move all the V+ pads into a funky arrangement. Soldering to those pads with the vias will be more difficult.
You are right those solder pads are not easy to solder, so I reduced their size to a reasonable amount for any usual AWG up to 14