Man, I should enter. Been wanting to scratch build a light for a while, have some ideas I want to try out. And crossing my fingers that it will spur someone to make a production version of it.
I need a rather small diameter e-switch driver with a nice u/I like narsilM or anduril. Anybody got ideas?
Driver building and writing code is beyond my skill set- I’m just a metal working guy.
Dont get me wrong,I like the idea of aux leds in the switch boot, but would settle for something without. I like the ramping interface of anduril, but without the complexity of blinkies, etc…like a muggle u/I that has full brightness and an easy to use lockout.
12 would be ideal, but 14 mm would work I think. Body construction will be different than most tubular lights, hence the need for a smaller than normal driver. It is going to be a super tiny 18650 light with a tail e-switch run in a slightly different way. I’m fine with an fet+1, for a good stable, low moonlight but linear would be really nice for the option to run an osram white 1mm1 or 1mm2 near its max with any cell.
In the spirit of being helpful - You know you ‘could’ be having this discussion in your own build thread so it can be judged accordingly
Documenting also the Failures & Obstacles: How did the builder solve the inevitable problems? Documenting the obstacles and using the power of the BLF community to solve them is seen as a plus!
New Driver Design or Custom Firmware is a plus: Especially when open source and shared in true BLF spirit.
It might be harder for the judges to remember this part of your build. Just a suggestion
Good points! Guess I’ll start one
I don’t really care about winning, I just want to get off my butt and build something useful finally. I also wasn’t expecting such helpful input (I came from the ‘other’ forum) so getting help from such kind folks is nice motivation also.
Can I bump this just to keep the interest level up… I have entered, I will be documenting and presenting my process here, but the actual start is likely a month away still.
You mean those that are familiar with the old thread title?
I’m hoping the new appearance will get people to take a second look. There’s been some changes. For example - the modified category doesn’t even need a dedicated build thread anymore. If there is a build thread all the better but not compulsory.