Finally ! RGB MC-E Driver @ intl-outdoor

This is one of the things I always wanted! (As well as some other things I came across at BLF ;))

Now I just need a host to fit this 20mm driver in, I would love some really small 18650 host, since this is more of a fun light and I don’t need a big reflector for throw…
Maybe the Sipik SK98 should fit?

Just a FYI heads up the 17mm version of the driver is now available. :slight_smile:

http://intl-outdoor.com/mce-color-and-dynamic-white-17mm-driver-p-686.html

Looks like I’m gonna have a fun P60 dropin to make :bigsmile:

I was never really impressed with any of the RGBW stuff, but that strobe would be insane if it would fire each led individually at a fast rate, say through an aspherical lens. Like a laser show.

I put the MC-E and driver in my shopping cart this morning…I just pulled the trigger. Something new, something fun.

I did some builds already with these (e.g. in a Sipik sk68), but with the new 17mm driver I could not resist again . This led is so much fun, it is going to go in a small 16340 light this time .

i also had the mce and driver in my cart, along with the torpedo host… came very very close to pulling the trigger… if the torpedo wasnt a twisty, i probably would have

Im going to put one of those in an convoy M2 body, and see how it does, mostly because it seems that its the only readily available 20mm driver i can find, and might as well spice up some things with some RGBW

I got my package from intl-outdoor today and was pretty excited to build a P60 MC-E RGB module until I opened the package….

They sent me regular MC-E emitters. |( grrrrrr……

I’ve emailed their customer service and we will see what happens. I don’t see anywhere on their website where they sell regular MC-E emitters. Hopefully their supplier didn’t make a mistake.

my 26650 zoomie now has a purpose!!! yay!

The Convoy M2 takes a 17mm driver.

Oops! My mistake. I just checked my M2, and it does take a 20mm driver.

what other hosts are you guys using? will it fit in the torpedo 14500 host intl outdoor has?

the description for the torpedo host says its for an xpg size led… mce is quite bigger 7x9mm die

thoughts?

I got my package a week ago, and my emitter luckily is the right one:

I have the MCE color in a Sipik sk68, but have not made a reflector light with it, so to get a feeling for that I removed the lens of the Sipik and just played around with some loose XRE-reflectors that fit on top of the led around the dome , and my first impression is that it is going to be sort of tough to do a nice build. No pictures were made but it looked like it is quite hard to find a good focal point in which the four dies all give acceptable beam patterns and still maintain a decent hotspot. It got worse with larger reflectors, and better with more orange peel. There may be a nice focal point in a large reflector sanded down so that the emitter sticks deeper into the reflector, I did not try that.

One thing that will be a problem when having a reflector on top of the led (instead of around it) is that because of the thickness of the led you must find the room for that in the flashlight head (so it may be an actual blessing to have to sand some of the reflector away).

Does anyone happen to know where we can get an MCPCB for this?

http://www.cutter.com.au/products.php?cat=Cree+XML+Colour

o yes please!

nice that cutter has the color xml now, perhaps they come through with a mounted version as well soon.

Oh, and with a nice 4x1A driver with color mixing UI

FYI:

My jacob A60 hosts all have a 20mm driver. That would make the host 15 usd.

The driver that OP linked should be able to have the current boosted. To me it just looks like a 7135 based driver, so by adding a chip it would be a 1050ma board. I will probly be adding a pair myself 1400 ma per die is about right.

EDIT: Mouser also has the 4 color XML in stock.

So they released an update with the same solid/blinky modes :confused:
When are we going to get a 17mm colour mixing driver? :_(

I guess I dont understand exactly what this driver does.

Are you saying that all 4 colors blink at the same time?

Or does each color fire independently of the others?

It'd be great if someone that has this already could make a video.