The flashing pads appear to have the two columns reversed. So it says “1 2 3 4” on the pads for pins 8, 7, 6, and 5. And it says “8 7 6 5” on the pads for pins 1, 2, 3, and 4. Oops. Easy mistake to make though, and it doesn’t really hurt anything.
The unfortunate part is that the pads don’t follow the spacing used by BLF adapters like the HQ ProgKey, Lexel’s adapter, or Emisar’s flashing kit. And Sofirn doesn’t sell an adapter (yet). So I haven’t been able to flash it, since none of my adapters fit.
Here’s how it looks when trying to use a HQ ProgKey. I couldn’t get all the pads connected at the same time:
I think Sofirn might try to update their lights to use attiny1616 though, which would mean everything gets a new 3-pin flashing layout instead of the 6-pin or 8-pin layouts used in the past. The 3-pin design is already used on the SP10 Pro, and Sofirn is trying to put together a flashing kit for it. So I’m hoping the other models will get it too.
If that happens, I could also add thermal regulation… though it sounds like it’s not really necessary.
It’s not very advanced. It’s pretty primitive, really, and doesn’t have a name or even a classification other than “hacked together”. But it does generally keep things close to the target temperature, on a wide range of different hardware, without overshooting and oscillating the brightness.
… but from what I’ve heard, it’s probably unnecessary on the LT1-mini because it simply doesn’t run at high enough power levels for regulation to be needed.
Yes, as far as we seem to know now, the pre-production samples have been approved for the most part by the LT1M team.
-(Other team members can confirm if they wish here) So far i myself have given it a green-light to go into production for sale as the same unit as the test samples we evaluated, and hopefully we get a group-buy discount code soon for the LT1M.
Just so I’m clear, the LT1 Mini is already for sale on Sofirn’s site, so our interest list here is for a discounted group buy? This model will look especially good in the same LT1 colors.
Hmm, the Sofirn store website only has black currently. I was al set to buy (with a coupon, even) until I realized that. Any hints at some kind of spearate site or links for the other colours?