The easiest way I’ve found to check for PWM is to wave a thin white card rapidly through the beam, against a dark background. With this method, I’ve been able to see PWM up to about 20 kHz.
Here are a couple pics showing how it looks… first at ~500 Hz and then at 4.5 kHz:
Or, with a sensor (or an LED) connected to a nice DMM, the frequency can be measured directly. With this method, I can get precise speed measurements for everything I’ve ever tried (the fastest I tried was 31 kHz, and it worked well).
Greetings I am new here. A Google search has lead me here on a quest to obtain a copper version of my favorite flashlight.
Can I get in on this group buy?