JESUS H CHRIST!! :bigsmile: That thing looks like a 4wd projectile clawing its way up the rock field. Your cooling fans werent even running at the end of the run. If you ever mount a forward camera to give us the drivers perspective, please post it here… that is if your bobbling head doesn’t knock it off of its mount first.
Thanks for the names. Im probably going to make the pilgrimage to Tommy Wongs in Vancouver for the tune.
This project is currently on hold right now. I am looking for a new Electrical engineer right now. If there are any reading this and want to help, please PM me.
If you dont mind powering several light bars with a single driver, you might want to give DIWdiver a shout and ask for his advice. Check this thread for driver details.
Who knows, maybe he could design a complete driver for you if the existing version doesnt work out. Or maybe modify your existing one. Let us know how it progresses.
Reading through, I see that PTK was involved. I hope he’s alright. Do you have/own the files for the boards and have parts list, or is that the intellectual property of PTK? If you have them, then perhaps they could be modified by another. Id still contact DIW and see what he might be able to do for you. If anything else, he might be able to suggest someone who can assist. Failing that, Id start another thread here and on CPF with your driver request and provide a link back to this thread to show your product and support.
Bugger , Im happy to wait I would like 2 of those triples but with nw emitters.
I looked at the top brands eg baja designs/rigid , and your lights are easily comparable but ur better on price.
Being a small business owner myself I would prefer to buy from the little guys.
Back to the drawing board. The second engineer decided to give up. I’m not even sure at this point if it is even doable. Small single layer board and high frequency= to much noise. |(
Why design your own board when there are ones available that might work?
Not sure how difficult it would be to get it to go from 3.3v to 3.8v to get the proper VF for 6P xmls though
Id like to see you get through this and resume your builds. Try http://www.aeroleds.com/ in Boise. Their company size just might be small enough to piece out some engineering work. Their LED landing & signal lights are a big hit amongst several aircraft owners I know personally, and Ive spoken with them a few times over the phone… nice folks. Good luck.
There is a way to basically turn a mcpcb into a “2 layer board” buy using “Sinkpads” to solder directly to the mcpcb creating a ground plane. Just need someone to experiment with it. The production boards will be Sinkpad II.