Another FWAA modded. Custom driver and RGB

[savagemann]

I’ve been swapping between carrying this FWAA and a KR1AA for the last few months.
I like them both a lot.

It’s been dropped a bunch of times, as you can see from the pic.
I decided it needed a little “sprucing up”

It came with 519AT 4000k emitters, which have beautiful tint. They stayed in the light for this mod.
This one had the v2.2 driver, which can’t be modded with the T1616 adapter like the v1.1 driver.

This one got a complete new driver.
I built this @YBF650 FWAA T1616 v1.2 driver.
I swapped over the spring from the original driver using hot air.
I also swapped the emitter wires for 22ga PTFE wires.

It has flashing pads that are accessible from the spring side, which is awesome.
Thanks to help from @INeedMoreLumens , I got my hands on the files to compile the newest version of Anduril 2.

Enhanced glamor shot.

I used the same wires and RGB setup found in this thread from my other FWAA mod.

FWAA mod success! AT1616-Mosfet & RGB

I purchased this FWAA with intentions of replacing the driver. I was pleasantly surprised when it came with the older v1.1 driver, which has the ATTINY85 mcu and is capable of being swapped with the ATTINY1616. [20261107_001621] Shout-out to @INeedMoreLumens for the help. Check this thread for more details and links to the Osh Park adapter file… With some inspiration from the following thread, I decided to also swap out the mosfet in hopes of making it more efficient. For emitters I wen…

[Tankolai (JJ)]

Looks great!

Did you use the flex tri-aux “board?” Or is there an actual board that fits?

[savagemann]

@Tankolai

Looks great!

Did you use the flex tri-aux “board?” Or is there an actual board that fits?

Thanks!
Aux board is thefreeman’s fwaa v1.2 printed on flexpcb.

[INeedMoreLumens]

@savagemann

It came with 519AT 4000k

I wonder if they changed/modified the optic.
The OG FWAA Optic had a tendency to dedome 519A.

[savagemann]

@INeedMoreLumens

I wonder if they changed/modified the optic.
The OG FWAA Optic had a tendency to dedome 519A.

I would guess they didn’t. I saw signs of that potentially wanting to happen to this build. There was what looked like a slightly lifted edge on one of the emitters.