FW3A, a TLF/BLF EDC flashlight - SST-20 available, coupon codes public

[ToyKeeper]

@goshdogit

When I hand a light to a muggle, they immediately open it to look at the cell, then try their best to cross-thread it back together. :person_facepalming:

The cut-and-hold thing can be done, though it’ll cost a little extra space. It also uses up a UI action which might be useful for other things. Holding the button while connecting power might be a good way to reset to factory defaults, for example. That’s a thing which isn’t implemented at all right now, and hold-at-boot is probably the easiest way to do it. But I don’t know what would be the best UI choice for hold-at-boot.

[FBsLights]

Please add me in for 1.

Thanks,
FB

[ZempOh]

Please put me down for 2!

Thank you.

[stephenk]

@ToyKeeper

@stephenk

@ToyKeeper

The tactical strobes presently use a 25% or 33% duty cycle

25% to 33% is fine for “tactical use”, but no good for light painting

Right. This is unrelated to the FW3A, but I have an entirely different firmware in progress which will probably be a lot more interesting for light painting. It uses a RAGB quad-color setup and lets the user configure a reasonably wide variety of lighting patterns in a manner similar to how analog synthesizers let people sculpt sounds. It’s, um, simpler than an analog synth, but the general concepts are basically the same. If you want to oscillate suddenly between two different states with a 50% duty cycle (like a strobe), simple, tell it what those two states are and configure it to do a square wave between them. You can also overlay another waveform simultaneously, with a different shape/frequency/intensity, if you like. For example, it’s easy to make a police flasher this way — slow square wave between red and blue plus a fast square wave between dim and bright. But plenty of less-jarring combinations are possible too.

The intent is for use in a lightsaber, to paint neat-looking patterns in the air while swinging it around. I’d imagine it should work pretty well for more general light painting too.

Sounds cool!

[pirate_joe_22]

im in for 2

[The_Miller]

Yeah a list update is overdue, will do it soon

[goatfarmer]

I’m in for 1.

[The_Miller]

Welcome to BLF, will do tomorrow!

[zzhawk]

Please put me down for one. Thanks!

[redsuns]

I don’t want to miss out, please add me to the list! Thanks for all the work and effort going into this!

[pSw]

I want 1 please

[Qwibbles]

Please put me on the list for 1.

[The_Miller]

Yeah will get behind the computer in a little while. So MARK

[nfetterly]

Already on list for 1, please add me again for a second one.

[xray291]

I’ll sign up for a second one as well…

[Gunga]

I love the idea of being able to set ramping to regulated max. Single mode muggle is not bad. And cut to escape is a good, easy option.

[copperheaded]

New here, do I just have to say I’m interested to get on the list?

[BrianK]

copper’, you just did what you needed to do to get that done. The Miller will be by in good time to get you on the list.

[copperheaded]

Awesome. Thank you.

[erikbuch]

Count me in for 1!