Custom RGBW driver (with some interesting features)

Designing a specific driver for it takes some effort, but when you have that it's fine. The space in the driver compartment is quite small, so don't use long/thick wires with the RGBW.

From a quick glance, it looks to me like the ZY-T29 uses a click switch, not an electronic one.

Take a look at some mods already done on the ZY-T29:

(or the OP in this thread, since the RGBW mod was done on a ZY-T29)

DrJones, is it practical to take the IR measurements any faster than the 10s interval you’re using here? I’m wondering about idiot-proofing high powered AA lights against alkaline usage. If I could quickly measure internal resistance on startup and maybe lock out high power modes if IR was too bad that could be useful.

Well, it turned out it wasn't difficult at all... brightness now ramps smoothly as in white mode.

Also my soldering skills improved, so I can provide complete drivers. Also MCUs for own designs.

I made a custom driver board for the cheap Yupard 16340 light, too.

And here are the Roche F6 and the Yupard with some nice diffusers; multi-vitamin carbon tablet tube, imprint sanded off, with some layers of tape inside the opening to reduce the diameter, so it can be easily put on and off the flashlight.

Light saber, ahm, dagger :)

Heheheh, pretty sweet! Light dagger is a neat concept, actually. It may be something that’s already been visited in the Star Wars Expanded Universe, but I have no knowledge outside the films.

Ok! it is next year. Even more, it was published in 2013…
did you change your mind and plan to sell the complete driver? are wet here yet?are we there yet?
yo did a great job here!

Yes, as written 3 posts above ;)

So we can buy these drivers now? What is the price?

Yes, for a while now. ;)

17mm, Roche F6 or Yupard16340 board. Skilhunt H02 (R) is planned.

PM if interested.

RMM now has XM-L Color Sinkpads . :bigsmile:

Too bad he doesn’t have these already flowed on them.

Made a board for the Shilhunt H02/H02R. With this board I had enough space to add another 7135, so I made white run at 1A for more brightness. Now this is much better than the H02C which has only very simple modes.

Since the H02 TIR is actually quite bad at color mixing (that's why the H02C doesn't offer any color mixed modes), I used the H02R and d-c-fix diffuser, much better.

A light emitting to the side and a bike mount like this allow mounting to a bar pointing in any direction (due to the 2 perpendicular swivel axes), very flexible. And of course the magnetic base is very handy. This H02R-RGBW is my favourite RGBW light. One drawback though: Those cool 'light dagger' diffusers (see above, #35) don't fit.

nice Drjones ill have to pick one of these up after all my other on going projects

Jubeldum RMM will reflow that on over for no charge other than the MCPCB, take fifteen cents off if you let him keep the MCPB. Problem solved.

I suspect you meant the neutral white version. Hard to find those little buggers.

Is that it ?

http://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Cree-Inc/XMLCTW-A0-0000-00C2AAAB1/?qs=XcHgB1nehnfnvzVb6hVQ2Q%3D%3D&kpid=855997452&gclid=CIHX5Mrx-8MCFQgtaQodo10APw

Nice find, last I looked they were on order, AKA out of stock. Sweet.

I ordered these XML RGBW's on Feb 11th here: http://www.ebay.com/itm/261674040656. Qty 5 for $36.66 - best deal around, already mounted on alum 20 mm. Got them in yesterday, and look like the real deal - exc. condition, seems to be perfect XML version. Haven't tested them yet though, but all looks exc. Already got some SinkPAD's, so I'll be re-flowing some onto SinkPAD's. Got some IOS drivers from Richard, but will probably get a couple of these drivers from Dr Jones.

Now I'm all confused... Roche F6 sounds like a great setup for one, but I don't have one yet. Hhmm, dunno what to order, or for what target light...

Hi,

i modded a Roche X3 with this driver from DrJones and made a little Video about it. This light really makes a lot of fun :crown:

Greetings

Kenjii

I finally got around building up this driver from parts. Being electronically challenged it so happened that I put the diode the wrong way around. When testing with one led and connecting to a li-ion cell, a spark where I touched the ground with the batt- then nothing. I picked another diode from an old driver and connected it the correct way, but nothing happens. Did I kill something forever?

EDIT: Question withdrawn, got it to work now. At least the white channel switches on and ramps, so I guess the rest will be fine too. Here's the board, sorry for the soddy soldering, I have soldered and removed and resoldered a lot around. Note the 'special :evil: ' chip for the white channel, works!