I have most of the parts I think.
2 – 10 watt leds.
2 – heatsinks
2 – reflectors and lenses for the leds
2 – 10 watt drivers than can be hacked to accept pwm
1 – psoc 4 dev board
1 – 12 volt 4.5 ah gel cell.
1 – 12 volt > 5volt switching regulator
1 – 10K -100K POT for dimming controll
1 – switch of some type. not sure what kind of switch I want. possibly another switch for modes as well.
some pvc pipe to fit the led heatsinks along with pvc pipe caps x2,
some screws and metal strapping. and possibly paint.
have switch, pvc pipe and endcaps.. one led installed into endcap.. working on second one.. pictures were taken, will upload them and post them soon.
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Psoc4 devboard.
12volt to 5volt adjustable voltage regulator
the two drivers, one modified for pwm input
front of driver board it uses a pt4115 driver chip, pin 8 is the pwm input, pin 4-7 is ground of the pwm input. so connect a wire from anyone of those to the ground of your pwm signal 
schematic of the driver board some values are guesses.
rear of driver board
the 2 10 watt leds, one cool white, one warm white. yes. I’m mixing tints.. we shall see what happens
the cool white led with reflector, lens and heatsink
the warm white led with reflector, lens and heatsink
this is the current version of the main.c firmware file..
short and sweet.. cant test it till I get a few small parts
Pot is a 50K ohm pot, got that attached to the psoc 4 board, it has a led on pin 1.6 so I’m going to use that pin to send pwm to the drivers that way I have a small indicator led that shows when the big leds should be glowing..
some tweaking of the code. and it does work now
so now I could work on modes and stuff.. but first I’ll attach all the parts together and give it a smoketest 
I’ll do that tomorrow, and take photo, and maybe a short movie of the test
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okay cant post the code directly. forum software collapses spaces for some reason.. dont know how to turn it off..
flashlight code
screenshot of the code in psoc creator
by Keith Miller, on Flickr">
internal schematic of the psoc4 just 3 parts, a bootloader block, a pwm block, and a adc block.
thats it.
videos!
test in the dark
close up of my bodgy wiring job to get it to work without a case
this is work in progress.
parts for the case
endcap with hole cut in it for lens
led installed
underside of the led
test assembly to see how it looks.. handle and power switch installed also.
switch and handle close up
a bit more work done on it today before work
ventilation holes cut in front endcap
rear endcap with hole cut for fan
rear endcap with fan mounted
side shot showing dimmer controll mounted as well..
its finished, not perfect, but its as finished as I can make it at the moment. had a car crash a week ago. and have run out of free time.
shots of finished flashlight
here find the beamshots and videos
its not really a good thrower, its more of a flooder or for close up use..
it would be good for emergency use.
but hey I had most of the parts just lying around
so free light 
djozz quotes, "it came with chinese lettering that is chinese to me".
"My man mousehole needs one too"
old4570 said "I'm not an expert , so don't suffer from any such technical restrictions".
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Interesting build. Looking forward to see what you come up with for a body for the parts you allready have.
~ Ledsmoke ~
Dutch humor:
[quote=djozz]
I do not think that the BLF-community ben
I plan on uploading more pictures to the first post of parts as I get them
Way too complicated for me. Looks interesting.
P60dropins.com (just a redirect for now)
thanks sir
well its prolly gonna be ugly white or gray or black pvc for now.. maybe I’ll come up with a way to make a wood body for it.. Infact its given me ideas, but shhh
but for now, prolly ugly pvc
yup posted a bunch of pictures
a bit more progress!
code is ready for testing. it does work with a small testing led.. so onward!
That is awesome. I wish more big ass lights came with this. No BS light bars or color changing leds. Just a display. Simple. Good job
~ Ledsmoke ~
Dutch humor:
[quote=djozz]
I do not think that the BLF-community ben
I’m confused, I dont have a display in this build, not yet anyway.. just a simple regular led that glows at the same time as the main led.
was pondering putting a small lcd or oled or 7-14 segment led display.
Ain’t nothing wrong with a PVC build. I know there are a few fans of it here. Me being one. Check out my holy hot spot Batman thread for proof.
Looks like this will be the most advance build FW wise, which is where the real future of lighting resides. Keep up the good work.
thanks, just checked my pwm freq with a ‘scope. and its around 4khz.. is that good? I can prolly go up to maybe 10khz, possilbly
thanks for watching
Sorry, I’m not a good judge of PWM. Traditional SRK’s don’t even bother me. I only avoid it when working under the hood or with other dangerous moving machinery. 4K sounds good to me though.
well I don tthink someone (me) will use this under the hood or under a car
anyway. maybe tonight or tomorrow I’ll get everything wired together and post some short videos of it actually doing something before I get some pvc parts to try and package it up
two videos of the guts working.. now to build a case
djozz quotes, "it came with chinese lettering that is chinese to me".
"My man mousehole needs one too"
old4570 said "I'm not an expert , so don't suffer from any such technical restrictions".
Old-Lumens. Highly admired and cherished member of Budget Light Forum. 11.5.2011 - 20.12.16. RIP.
what help you wire yours up? naw..
I gotta build my case yet..
I spend most of my time on the host and as little as possible on the driver which is silly given the driver is the heart. Nice to see it being done the other way around.
Three Tanna leaves to give him life, nine to give him movement. But what if he eats the whole bag?
Scott
I think I spent maybe 10 mins total on the code. more time was spent attaching wires to things and connecting the wires together
unless I decide to put modes and or a indicator/display of some sort on it.
A lot more in there than just code but even your minutes spent are more than I do.
Three Tanna leaves to give him life, nine to give him movement. But what if he eats the whole bag?
Scott
thanks I think :>
anyway.. tomorrow I hope to get some of the parts to start making the case.. and a power switch
Bump for update in first post, new photos will be posted shortly
Those couple of leds are really pumping out the light. Have you had extended runs yet? I was just wondering how well the heat sinks work.
djozz quotes, "it came with chinese lettering that is chinese to me".
"My man mousehole needs one too"
old4570 said "I'm not an expert , so don't suffer from any such technical restrictions".
Old-Lumens. Highly admired and cherished member of Budget Light Forum. 11.5.2011 - 20.12.16. RIP.
not together no.. but the cool white heatsink does get warm.. not hot but warm, the driver.. very warm almost hot.. so there will be ventilation, will mount a fan to each “cannon” I’m pondering calling it a light faucet.. and maybe getting a waterfaucet handle for the pot
when pwm’d the drivers and heatsinks dont get warm really.. under say 80% full..
I’ve got a handle mounted, mounting main power switch shortly.. then I have to drill vent holes for the led heatsinks.. then figure out how I’m gonna mount the fans and cut vents for those
then I can cut holes for the wires that have to go between each pod.. then attach the pods together and start wiring things together, taking lots of photos as I go..
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