Any chance of making a variable tint version of the Emisar D4?
For variable tint, you would need 2 warm emitters and 2 cool white emitters. (probably SST-20s would work best). They would need to be on separate channels so you would likely need a custom quad star.
But apart from the star, everything else can be done with stock components. Anduril 2 comes with built-in support for variable tint lights so you can use existing firmware.
I have a Sofirn IF25 which uses 2x 3000K SST20 and 2x 6000K SST20 with variable tint. It actually works quite well and is plenty bright enough. The light is just a bit big and lacks Anduril. A D4v2 with the same 4 emitters and variable tint would be perfect I think.
I still say that D18 would deserve more variants (and the corresponding driver upgrades), like this tint mixing idea, or a version with E21A emitters (2 channels of 9A driver, 1A/emitter in total, could be with no tint mixing, or with tint mixing as well).
(Bottom line: Maybe I ask way too much but somewhat bigger (more throwy) TIR optics could be also used in a 10+ emitter flashlight - but that would mean a flashlight head redesign as well).
I actually have a D18 with an even mix of 2700 and 4000k’s that makes a beautiful soft yellow beam (approx 3300K). I’m tempted to get one with the 8D and a second with the 5D but that would be rather decadent
What do you guys think? Which would be a better one to get?
I have a K9.3 with the “ XP-L HI V2 5D 4.000K” and I love the tint. I wonder which would be more powerful - that or the 8D