Is anyone other than us flashlight nerds really buying these lights? Because people seem pretty unanimous they dont like the etching and branding, why do they plaster that stuff on there then?
I’m definitely waiting on this. I’ll let others be “first on the block” to get this light as some like that. I’m also waiting to see how shipping and Customer Service issues are handled.
I would too. Would really like to see this as a single LED, AA and 14500 compatible, and something stainless/ti
Been out of the scene for a while, so there may be something similar with anduril already made?
Hmm, to be more precise, Andúril runs on MCUs that require voltage above alkaline single cell. 2 or 3 (not sure) alkalines, CR123A, and such can do it. Also, gchart has a sofirn light (SP10S?) running Andúril with AA alkaline/nimh - but that’s a bit complicated, with the MCU’s voltage being boosted.
Just reporting what I’ve seen posted about Andruil, Toykeeper has said multiple times it requires lithium cells. It might depend on the version of Andruil, not too sure.
A boost circuit powering the MCU seems like a recipe for high parasitic drain. But I could be wrong. I would love to see any ramping UI running whatever MCU necessary for a NiMH cell to work with low parasitic.
Bare bones, watered down Anduril Ramping UI
From off:
1H moon (pause for 1.5-2s then continue ramping)
1C memory
2C high (current chosen which naturally stabilizes at ~55-60C tail-standing w/o any airflow)
From on
1H ramp up
2H ramp down
1C off
2C turbo (timed step down for simplicity - another 2C returns to previous mode - manual restart if desired)
No other fluff. It’s an AA light, so no blinkies of any kind make sense. No aux LEDs draining the small cell. I can’t see how this UI couldn’t be written to fit within even the smallest of MCUs