So, time to give away from drivers. Many interesting posts, don’t have drivers for all of them though. Hopefully not everyone has lost interest yet…
As mentioned, I’m working on 3217 based versions so the winners here can choose to get the current version or wait for the new version which is at least a month away. Possibly longer, things haven’t been going so fast lately… I didn’t finnish the 1634 entirely, but it’s working firmware with LVP and so on. No blinkies or special modes other than a true momentary mode regardless of switch type.
Main difference between current version is lower constant current rate before resorting to PWM. The current 1634 versions can go down to 150mA constant current, the 3217 versions go down to 16mA. There is also a special moonlight mode that doesn’t use PWM but it’s highly experimental (uses DAC output directly from MCU).
People I picked for drivers based on suggestions or other reason:
MascaratumB
Cereal_killer
CRX
MRsDNF
Sirius9
Let me know if you are still interested, and if you want the current 1634 version or wait for the 3217 version.
The options. I’ll try to keep this real short….
Switch configuration:
Four switch configurations: Off switch (clicky), E-switch (momentary), Dual switch (clicky and momentary) and single switch.
Single switch has both Off switch and E-switch enabled simultaneously. Off switch or E-switch simply disables switch input from the other type. Dual switch is a dedicated dual switch config and hopeless without dual switches.
Single switch UIs: All “mode based” UIs have up to 4 modes including turbo/boost. All traditional UIs support mode up and mode down. For E-switch a single short press turns light on/off in all UIs.
Actual ramping is always like this: Esw: long press to ramp up, double press & hold to ramp down. Clicky: short off press to ramp up, long off press to ramp down.
1: “Traditional” mode based UI, boost in mode cycle. No ramp.
2: Mode based UI, boost not in mode cycle. Boost activated by double press/double tap. No ramp.
3: Mode based UI, boost not in mode cycle, all modes except boost rampable. Boost activated by double tap (clicky) or double press & hold (Esw). Ramp mode activated by long off (clicky) or double press (Esw).
4: Mode based UI, boost in mode cycle, all modes including boost rampable. Boost and ramp activated as UI-3.
5: Ramping mode with fixed boost. Esw: Long press for boost, double press to activate ramp. Clicky: Short tap for boost, long tap to activate ramp: UI3 RC Ramping - YouTube (says UI3 but is now UI5).
6: Ramping mode with fixed boost. Ramping mode active. Double press/tap for boost.
7: Ramping mode, no boost. Only ramp up and down.
8: Like UI-5 except that boost is also rampable.
Dual switch UIs some what similar but will only write about them if someone selects dual switch option.
Settings: Low volt/high temp warning (step down from boost only, otherwise only warning). Critical volt/temp shut off. Option to notify weather volt or temp caused warning/shut off.
Mode memory, boost memory, ramp memory, boost memory, mode count, mode direction, mode wrap around, moon mode on turn on (Osw only, switches to regular mode if no press).
Changing settings is fairly easy with E-switch and dual switch lights. It’s just a matter of pressing the button a number of times according to instructions I’ll provide once these drivers are in the mail. It’s changing settings with clicky/off switch lights can be tedious. It’s easy to accidentally turn off the light while entering sequences, then the sequence is botched. Some switches are more annoying than others.
Firmware might still have some quirks in it, but not obvious ones. The latest one I found was if you have the light in traditional mode UI with mode count set to one and start the light in moon mode, you couldn’t leave moon mode with normal mode change press (Esw only), you had to turn it off, then on again. I don’t predict anyone wanting to configure the light as a single mode, but who knows. Those are the kind of quirks that still could be lingering.