The only little thing I can find is that the pin2/pin3 selector thing for the switch input could be tricky when removing/replacing the switch wires, if it's done at the driver (if you use a wire lead to bridge the gap, the soldering iron will tend to suck it up when removing the switch wire). But I tend to tear things apart and tinker much more than most 'normal' people, and I plan to still add a 2 pin header on the little switch PCB for that reason anyway, I don't like unsoldering stuff when I don't have to. That's a very minor thing and I'm weird, it will probably never be an issue.
Warhawk, I dunno, but Richard is going to be selling them, gotta mod one. Gotta! That driver is just compelling. I feel drawn to it like a moth to a flame. (And if you have seen me solder than you’d know that analogy fits perfect). I figured one of you knew. I will do a search on some of the reviews.
Matt, an idiot? Not from what I have seen. A poorly phrased question I will grant.
Good call. I thought about it but haven’t done it yet. Some of the work was done behind the scenes but there are certainly parent threads even for those.
I believe the M6 has a larger ID driver compartment than the SRKs, so if it fits the SRK it will fit M6 with plenty of room to spare. Drivers that fit the M6 will not necessarily fit the SRK (I think DrJones ran into that issue on the one he did recently).
Yes, MCU will need to be flashed. Add one of these to your Digikey order, it's cheaper there than ebay: http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/5250/501-1311-ND/745102
And then these for the rest of the stuff needed:
http://www.fasttech.com/product/1002900
http://www.fasttech.com/product/1011800
http://www.fasttech.com/product/1135300
comfy, that's the cleanest board I think I've ever seen! All purty for the pics!
I ordered the 7135 based 46 mm's because I got a ton of 7135's now and need to use them on something, and think'n I'd like to keep the SRK lights regulated, somewhat anyway - I'll still pile on 7135's, but more in the realm of 3.5A per LED. Also ordered the 17mm and 20mm FET based boards.
Comfy, that’s awesome. However, thinking of my recent experiences,
And also
Maybe I should just harvest a tiny13 that’s been flashed and reflow. My soldering is getting better since I trashed the MTG2 driver- but it’s not good. Although, my ego and enthusiasm make up for it
Well I am still getting some squeal, but this is the first one built. Time to start swapping parts and see what changes it. It was silent on the JB board but I was using a different inductor. I need to try it with no inductor, and with the other inductors I used before. I do know for sure it would be louder without the big capacitor, that's never failed to show a big improvement. This PCB is thinner than the other SRK boards which can also have an effect on PWM noise (different resonant frequency).
Another weirdness I didn't see before: after disconnecting power then reconnecting (like swapping batteries), it turns on in the lowest mode even without any input from the switch. A long press drops it down a mode and it turns fully off like normal. This is the exact same code I used on the test boards so I have no idea what's different now.
I also need to flash it temporarily with a FW that has a battery monitor mode to see if this diode (D1, the little one) has the same voltage drop as what comes on the 105C.