New Convoy C8 – Clearly better

I have black, blue, green, and grey S2+’s. My favorite is grey

Nice work with the driver! Great upgrade from feedback while still keeping costs low.

That’s quite a bit of firmware for a attiny13 based driver. Nice job!

The color is very good. Mostly because it will not show scratches and dings at all. It will look brand new after 20 years of use. That is why i like gray metals.

The driver will evidently underdrive the led which is a pity. So my question is, will this driver be available with 4 more chips over the existing ones? Or at least will soldering 4-8 chips on top of the existing be a problem for this driver?

Dude Simon’s had a grey C8 for a long time. Same color as the grey S2+. Where you been? :wink:
Grey C8

I don’t know about the rest of the rainbow though. :stuck_out_tongue:

It’s not that hard to believe when you consider the one who wrote the firmware is our very own ToyKeeper! :partying_face:

It is not grey… it is clear so the natural aluminum color is visible…

Glad I gave away a stock C8 recently so I have an excuse to replace it!

The drivers will indeed be available for sale but not for a little while yet. As you’ll note in one of the pics the new driver board is red. We did this so there would be no mistakes in whether you have the new version with the new firmware or the older driver. I really like the red color. I’ll announce it when it’s available as a separate item. It may be a month or so.

Love the grey Convoy C8
But MAN this looks so much better!

Great work with the driver.
MOON!
Oh TK, Simon and J-Dub74 you did it, smashing so much lights by making this one, thanks!

Thanks PD! :slight_smile: That was my goal. ToyKeeper deserves all the thanks for bringing this one to life. I’m just an idea man. She tolerated my pestering for a long time on this one! I umm tend to talk a lot. :blush:

Will it be possible to buy the parts to upgrade our existing C8s?

I forgot about the gray C8. That’s nice! I don’t need a whole rainbow anyway, just give me a Blue one. :smiley:

Mine doesn’t have the upgraded driver, yet. I won the C8 through the OL auction that JDub arranged and Simon donated. Much to my surprise, here’s C8 clear ano #1.




You got that right buddy!

TK rocks! :beer:

Amazing work!

Are there other differences in the driver, besides new firmware?

Excellent!!

I was happy I could work that out for you buddy. You were quite generous in your bidding to help Old Lumens. Simon was happy to help and was happy to use the new clear anodized C8 host to build your auction winning light. Thank you for keeping it quiet until I made the official post for the clear C8.

You know how crazy these BLF types can get when they see something new. :wink:

Yes pleeeease!
I’ll buy them all, including the green one. And the clear one too, which really looks beautiful.
It’s not only that I like colors, it’s also much easier to grab the right light when using the same host type for builds with different characteristics.

I’m not fond of black lights, so this one is on my list :+1: Great job!