I ordered a driver for the sp10s to see what chip was on it without tearing my light apart.
I was hoping it was something we already had a fancy .hex file for.
Well I dont know squat about micro controllers but I know most of the hex files in the repository are for attiny chips.
This one is marked
12LF1822
SN1912
STA
It is an 8 pin chip.
Datasheet is available online.
Maybe someone can do something with this and we can flash our own.
OH BTW the driver is one of the T shaped 2 board configurations making the chip inaccessible to a programming clip.
there are multiple connections on both sides of the joint of the 2 boards so it would be difficult to separate them.
Still not easy but I think better to solder prog. wires to the pins individually.
There's some good news - Sofirn contacted me to order the stock SP10S to have as reference. I find this to be a step in the right direction, so hoping the ball will start rolling on this project! I also recently picked up a ThruNite T10T V2 on the special deal offered on Amazon, which is a similar AA light in that it takes any AA size battery, e-switch with a decent UI, similar design.
The UI of the T10T V2 is very similar to Anduril/Narsil:
From OFF:
click ON to last used level
click/hold to moon
dbl click to turbo/max
From ON:
click for OFF
click/hold for cycling through levels (though it's only 2 levels to cycle thru -- wut were they think'n?)
dbl click to turbo/max
if at max, dbl click to strobe
I prefer the click/hold to switch brightness levels, and the 1 click to turn it OFF. This matches up so well with Anduril in non-ramping mode. The current SP10S uses click to cycle thru levels, click/hold to turn OFF, though the SP10S has more levels/modes.
I would prefer a tailswitch, so SF12 instead of SP10
And AA Tool Ti instead of T10T
imagine a titanium host with a tailswitch, running Anduril on an Eneloop… now THAT is an unmet need.
for those who dont yet know, Anduril has not been implemented in AA voltage…
while Im wishing, I want the UI to support a stable, regulated firefly output…
word is Anduril cant do sublumen without flicker… so it cant compete w V10r, V11r, D10, which not only Ramp on AA, they go way sub lumen… if Anduril is to compete for a full featured EDC, it needs to step it up with some sublumens on primaries…