*BLF LT1 Lantern Project) (updated Nov,17,2020)

[iamlucky13]

@iamlucky13

@djozz

I have a request for someone who has experience and is willing to do circuit board drawings and upload it to Oshpark (as I can not do that)

Here is the LT1 ledboard:

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The request is to draw a commonly from Oshpark orderable frp replacement ledboard for 2x20 standard 3030-size midpower leds, so 20xwarm and 20xcool. If the warm and cool leds can be mixed well (as far as the traces allow), the tint mixing of the lantern will profit.
This makes the LT1 suitable for the entire range of available standard midpower leds, including Optisolis, SunLike, and all the others.
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Of course if someone dares to have real MCPCB’s for 3030 leds made and sold, that would even be better. But it all starts with the design.

I had a similar idea to this 6 month old post from djozz, and his suggestion is the only post that seems to have turned up in my search.

I just wanted to add that if anybody does this, I’m interested as well - thin FRP or flex PCB from Oshpark, or else an MCPCB in a group buy.

Or perhaps Clemence might be interested? The LH351D’s are pretty good, but I’d love to how the lantern looks with Optisolis or E17A’s in there, and perhaps try a slightly different CCT range.

I guess I’ll bring this up again - I recognize there might simply be no one browsing the thread with the time and skills to design a custom emitter PCB for this lantern as a mod option.

But is anybody else at least interested in alternative emitter options? Usually there’s a decent number of people eagerly looking for even higher color performance than R9050 equivalent and a slight green tint on the cool end. Should we keep a conversation simmering about this or let it go?