New 105D. replacing Nanjg-105c @ FT? (no stars!)

Looks like FT updated their listing pictures for the 2-group '105c'. Yet to update the title, description and specs.

Came across this tonight.

http://www.kaidomain.com/product/details.S023811

http://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/2015-Arrival-Free-Shipping-Nanjg-105E-AMC7135-x-8-MCU-3040mAh-4-Group-2-5-modes/809204_32259022955.html

I donā€™t see what the extra three resistor spots are for.

Heh, interesting.

The stars on this version, while functional, are mainly for show. R3/R4/R5 are where you easily bridge each star to GND. A pick-n-place machine or assembly worker can easily place a zero-ohm jumper across those pads.

stars for bridging :stuck_out_tongue: throw some 000 resistors on the pads, if you look close the star is connected to one side of the resistor pad, the other side is connected to ground

Most definitely odd, but interesting on the new revisions of the 105 *7135 type drivers

ding ding ding :slight_smile:

http://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/Diameter-20mm-4Groups-AMC7135-8-Flashlight-circuit-board-Anti-reverse-output-current-3040mA/330416_32266600994.html

105e seems perfect for the off time capā€¦but itā€™s the 20mm version so watch outā€¦

and 7135 38s!

I was wondering how they achieved such good spacing from the edgeā€¦ 20mm explains it.

I ordered a couple of these to try from FastTech:

https://www.fasttech.com/p/1127403

8x AMC7135 generic driver with star-selectable mode groups:

A couple of interesting observations; the spring is much larger, making it much more useful than the factory spring on the 105c. Also, the above pic from FT doesn't show it, but the stars are printed in two pieces, so you just bridge the two halves to make your mode selection. I haven't installed one yet to check how the PWM, fit, and mode groups work out.

Iā€™d sure like to see these sold with a threaded retaining ring narrow enough not to short-circuit components to ground.
Or ā€” at least ā€” specifying the inner diameter required for a retaining ring, to be used with the driver. And selling the rings.

ardvaark @ FT says that itā€™s not an ATtiny13A (pulled it off the board and USBASP wouldnā€™t play with it). - http://www.fasttech.com/forums/1127403/t/1002171/attiny-mcu

Yeah, you can see in the pictures that it's not an attiny. There are also cheaper ak-47 and ak-101 drivers out there that are nearly identical, except for the MCU. Apparently the "a" in ak-47a and ak-101-a stands for 'Atmel' or 'attiny'. When I was looking at having custom drivers mass produced, you can save about $0.50 per driver by using one of the cheap MCUs vs. an Atmel.

I donā€™t normally trust myself just eyeballing the package (although I do make a judgement). Thanks for the other info, thatā€™s somewhat interesting. Iā€™ve always wondered how Nanjg ended up using the more expensive part and riding it to that kind of success.

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A shipment of Atmels fell of a truck perhaps? :wink:

Ack. Ordered 105c for 2 months and just looked at the pn to find it as a 105d.

Iā€™d been planning on using another driver as an ultra low power led flashlight. No go with this one until I either reprogram it or figure something else.

Boss is gonna be annoyedā€¦ Promised him 10x led flashlights almost a month ago.

Anyone know of another good low power driver that I could get down to about 10ma or lower and no blink./pwm?

You havenā€™t mentioned what makes the 105d unsuitable for your purpose.

To get down to 10mA you would have to reprogram anyways, so what's the problem with the 105D?