Yeah all standard. I can flash Anduril so settings aren’t too important but I’d be looking for efficiency/usable levels rather than hotrodding. There won’t be an illuminated switch. Hardware wise, is it FET+n+1?
Trying to figure out what needs to be done to make it work in the Nitecores atm. I was originally thinking it would be plug and play as the piston drive effectively acts as the e-switch? I can upload photos of the driver later if it will help.
the battery + contact remains in constant contact with the driver board, the spring on the - end of the battery keeps the piston sleeve out of contact while the head is unscrewed sufficiently.
as you screw down the head, the piston sleeve comes into contact with the brass ring, which powers on the light to whatever setting you last left it at
while the piston sleeve is in contact with the brass ring, you can press the sleeve in further by pressing on the rear, to bring the brass ring into contact with the driver board. the driver board, which already has power from the brass ring, through the spring, uses the brass ring to circuit board contact as signal information only, this signal means to ramp up/down or change modes in some way.
if you want to maintain momentary and constant on, you need to hook up your ground side of your led to the pill directly, or to the spring, as the pill and the spring will be ‘grounded’ by the sleeve touching the brass retaining ring (before the ring touches the driver board)
I also have a D10 and I’ve been looking to mod it with Narsil or Anduril too!
My question about these drivers is about the 7135 chips on the back! I’m afraid that they don’t fit well with the contact ring…
In case you advance with this option, please let me know how it works!
Is single sided an option?
Also, the light it’s going into will require me to shave the driver down to around 21.2-21.5mm. How wide is the contact ring around the edge?
Looks like it? Here a few more pics which may help. Not sure if the ground ring touches the big solder blob. We can discuss over PM if you want? Save your thread from getting cluttered up.
1s = single cell (4.2v)
2s = two cells in series (8.4v).
A 2s driver is not a buck driver for running a 3v les off 2 series cells, they’re all linear drivers unless specifically called something else*, the led voltage has to match the input voltage.