*BLF LT1 Lantern Project) (updated Nov,17,2020)

If i had the spare cash i would pay Lexel to build a prototype to sent to you for testing your firmware, but right now with my financial crisis i am in a red-zone for extra money to pay for anything.

I’m sure enough of us would pitch in to get it done if that’s what you guys wanted to do. I don’t have a lot of extra money to spend right now, but I would pitch in a little. If you want to get Lexel to make a driver board for TK to test with, just make it known and set up some way for us to contribute. :wink:

Same thing for me.

If Lexel can make the board, then ship it to Toykeeper to test the firmware, (then maybe i can test that in the V2 prototype,) then it would help refine and get it right before it goes into production.
Right now Barry had an issue being able to read the .gbr files from the software that Lexel uses to design the driver with, but the Engineers Barry mentioned they need the driver files in a .pcb format, ( a different driver design software) so that part is at a hiccup at the moment getting the driver design information from Lexel to Barry for his engineers to read and build a prototype driver.

If you remember, I pushed for a ‘permanent’ Toykeeper donation thread but you politely refused…… I donated then but you definitely deserve more ‘beer’ for what you do.

+1 DavidEF

Me too …… lets get er done

Well, we kinda need AT LEAST Lexel and ToyKeeper to agree, since they would be committing to doing the stuff, and somebody to set a price, so we know when we hit the goal.

Indeed. Right now Toykeeper & Lexel are key members of the team helping to push this lantern project to become a reality.

Lets show some love for Toykeeper & Lexel :star: :heart_eyes: :heart_eyes: :heart_eyes: :heart_eyes:

I’m in if they agree

if we could even raise enough funds to have Lexel build the driver prototype to send to Toykeeper to do the Firmware test on would probably give is some idea & starting point to establish what is planned for the BLF LT1 lantern project. I would pay for it myself but in a situation where my financial stability is in the red zone.
BlueSwordM sent me a small donation out of his appreciation for what myself and the lantern team are doing, & i will donate that to Lexel to build the driver when he gets back to me on the cost of it.

I’m willing to donate as well. My currency is just a but useless against the USD and Euro.

ok so lets open up a system so we can all offer a small donation… heck am sure there will be a few donations forth coming¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬

Den, if you can work out the details with Lexel and TK we will need a paypal acct with someone to do the bookkeeping. Volunteers?

There used to be the BLF project donation fund (link), and there must still be a few hundred dollar leftover. But it was run by The Miller who has not been seen for 5 months now. But as far as I know him, the fund will still be there alright, if only we can contact him about this. I will write him an email.

To be clear, the money thing came up because of a comment that software doesn’t take much time or effort. It was not a request for money, just a way to quantify effort.

As for the lantern, I already have most of the code written for it… I just haven’t tested it on actual lantern hardware yet. The tint ramping thing works as far as I can tell, though.

There is still money needed to fund Lexel for making the prototype driver, right?

In any case, I mailed The Miller if the fund still exists and can still be addressed, that is at least a nice thing to know :slight_smile:

If anyone knows how to contact 1dash1, he might also have something set aside, since an earlier fund was never used or sent.

So that money was never spent on you either? It sounds like BLF-fundraising does not work very well, does it? At least it makes members organising it disappear. :person_facepalming: