D.I.Y. Illuminated tailcap

Btw where did you buy your yellow leds? Mine are more orange

Hello everyone .
I want 2 of these clear rubber seals , where can i get them from?
thanks

It should be these… The 0603’s are a PITA! I think I will go back to 0805’s.

Yellow LED

For Convoy S2+ i meant :stuck_out_tongue:

a user PM’d me this question

The S2+ will have just a little light showing through the ring around the metal switch. It will take more power draw for it to be seen vs a light with a silicone boot, and it will be mostly for looks, not as effective for locating the light. But man, it sure does look cool. :cowboy_hat_face:

Parts:

- Rev 5.1 ring for 14mm boots

- 0805 LEDs in your choice of color (the board has room for 6 on three channels of 2 LEDs each, but I usually use 3 in parallel).

- 0805 Resistors

- Clear gasket from Simon or nylon glove to waterproof.

  • Small amount of wire, preferably something small like 24awg or smaller

You do not need the switch, that come in the S2+ already.
The S2+ has that metal switch that I talked about, so it won’t take a silicone boot.

You will need to solder the LEDs and Resistors to the ring, then connect the vias (plated holes) to the standard switch connections in the light. It will not require moving the switch or spring to a new board. It would be helpful to have a power supply or something to test the ring outside of the light to get your brightness set without having to assemble/disassemble the light constantly.

Btw I will be making a new version of Rev5, with pots on the underside of the board, and 2 channels of 3 emitters instead of 3 channel’s of two. That will work better for how I have been using them.

Yes! That would be a welcome change for me too

Thanks Pd

It’s a little tougher outside the US a the moment but a bunch are on their way to Amsterdam yet as more requests keep coming in from different parts of the globe Simon is going to list them in his store soon. If you are ordering anything else from Simon’s Aliexpress store just send him a message with your order and he can throw them in with whatever else is being shipped.

Here we go, 16mm Rev5.2. One potentiometer per three emitters. Keep in mind potentiometers will probably need to be adjusted before installation in the light, as they will be hard to access once everything is soldered down.

Bridge point “P” (parallel) to put all six emitters in parallel under the same pot.
Bridge point “B” (Bypass) to bypass the pots and directly connect the LEDs to the Pos and Neg terminals (will need to use pots or resistors on the switch pcb, such as the Rev4 board.

Hey pdog… can you make the center hole a little larger so that it will fit over the square body switches?

Sure, won’t be tonight though, the desktop just got shut down.

Can you measure what size the hole needs to be, and how big the base of the switch is? (to see where I need to put the pos/neg terminals and resistors)

What version of 5 do you want it modeled after?

I have been sanding down the switch to fit the ring! Switch post is 8mm, body is 12mmX12mm and contacts are on opposing corners.

Do you want it more like Rev5b, 5.1, or 5.2?

I like the 5b… the one with 3 resistors and 6 leds.

I think you mean the normal 5.1 then. (5.1x is the crazy individually-addressable version). The nomenclature is a bit out of hand, but I don’t know what to do about it

The one I really like has 6 led pads on the top and 3 resistor pads on the bottom and 2 wire vias. If I had the pots, I would maybe go that route since they can be adjusted…

It is this one!
My pic…

Pots are pretty nice, just so you don’t have to constantly be soldering/desoldering to dial in the brightness. If you want I can try to do the pads for pots and then you can bridge resistors on the pot pads. Or I can do the three-resistor setup and if you want to upgrade to pots later you can just pair these boards with the Rev4 pcb at that point.

Really whatever you want.

It would be fine if they were 2 sets of 3 leds that could be pots or normal 0805’s. I may try to find the pots. I do like the option of having 3 different colors.

The 12x12 switch base will be the tough part for the pots, as they are 3x3mm each. It would have to be a pretty big ring