Code now public! BLF A6 FET+7135 Light. Short 18350 tubes and Unanodized Lights Available

[DB_Custom (Dale)]

It was Wight and ToyKeeper, I just bang stuff together and Krono cracks his whip. The brains are with the board design and firmware code writing.

[Joat]

@keithd

I wonder how hard it would be to put a XP-L HI triple in this. Always wanted a mini-triple.

I couldn’t wait for the group buy so back in march I bought a stock A6 a fet +7135 driver a triple XPL board and optic from MTN, I flashed a somewhat modified version of Toy Keepers firmware on it and it’s been my EDC light since. I will not lend it to anyone though it is too likely to start a fire. $25 is cheap compared to building one from parts.

I’ve got a print out for quote on copper spacers for triples, I’ll start a thread when I have a price.

[bugsy36]

@DB Custom

It was Wight and ToyKeeper, I just bang stuff together and Krono cracks his whip. The brains are with the board design and firmware code writing.

Yeah but somebody has to be the crazy one to press the button !

[keengeorge]

@bugsy36

@DB Custom

It was Wight and ToyKeeper, I just bang stuff together and Krono cracks his whip. The brains are with the board design and firmware code writing.

Yeah but somebody has to be the crazy one to press the button !

And push the envelope

+1,000,000,000,000,000

[compression]

@bugsy36

@compression

Thanks Dale. So in stock form there’s no need to worry about frying anything due to high amps no matter the battery. It feels wrong calling this light stock. :bigsmile: I haven’t been this excited about a product for a longgg time. Thank you everyone for making this happen. Everything about this light is brilliant!

Wight, ToyKeeper, Dr.FrankenDale and Kronos have changed and raised the bar on what stock really means.

We’re a lucky bunch around here. Every time I use one of my current lights I think about TK’s UI. I don’t know jack about flashlight drivers and I have 3 of the most advanced drivers ever built on the way, tested and approved by some of the most respected flashlight enthusiasts out there. In one of the most functional hosts I’ve seen, all for the price of a basic light from walmart. WHAT???

Thanks guys! Seriously.

[argolite]

@bugsy36

• The driver is not available separately because I have no intention on competing with RMM. Wight and Richard are friends and if Richard strikes a deal with Banggood for drivers that is solely up to them to decide. Even for Richard to do that it would require an investment on his part that would require more than a $2 return. This driver cannot sell for $5 like the 105c that many people here expect unless one were to buy the components themselves plus build and flash themselves and even at that it would take a serious purchase quantity of components to get there

Is anyone selling a kit of board+components for $5? Send me a PM. For many non-US residents, the competition aspect is irrelevant because they’ll never buy from RMM. I can’t pay shipping costs at 140% the price of the product.

[mattlward]

I just built my first FET driven light, a C8, a couple of weeks ago. Up to then I was using 7135 boards with only 8 drivers, can’t really see well enough to stack them and most are P60’s. With good braiding on springs I could hit 3 amps on a good cell, but when I built the C8 and saw 4.8 amps and the output… Wow! I still need to copper mount an XP-g2 that I have for it and get that installed, but the aluminum XM-L2 U2 looks great, but the heat does get to it quickly. I do have, or should I say my wife has a copper FET driven dropin in her 18350 Solarforce L2n and it really draws as well. I was planning to keep the dropin for myself, until she saw that it had moon and made a wall of light rather than a bright hot spot… I lost that one.

The idea of a great driver with a strong UI and all the goodies is actually exciting. I do plan to EDC this light in 5A, or in 1A with 7 modes sounds awesome. I really like the idea of 7 modes, almost ramping with a reverse anywhere in the mode set.

Matt

[keithd]

@Joat

@keithd

I wonder how hard it would be to put a XP-L HI triple in this. Always wanted a mini-triple.

I couldn’t wait for the group buy so back in march I bought a stock A6 a fet +7135 driver a triple XPL board and optic from MTN, I flashed a somewhat modified version of Toy Keepers firmware on it and it’s been my EDC light since. I will not lend it to anyone though it is too likely to start a fire. $25 is cheap compared to building one from parts.

I’ve got a print out for quote on copper spacers for triples, I’ll start a thread when I have a price.

I’m definitely interested!

Wonder how hard it is to roll your own spacer by stacking copper. Probably a pain in the tail.

[Xian]

Ordernd mine Monday, ships today! Can’t wait to get it! Thanks bugsy36!

[Noki]

3D In Stock!

Ordered mine on 14 Aug, shipped on 18 Aug. Now waiting begins…
Thank you!

[bugsy36]

@argolite

@bugsy36

• The driver is not available separately because I have no intention on competing with RMM. Wight and Richard are friends and if Richard strikes a deal with Banggood for drivers that is solely up to them to decide. Even for Richard to do that it would require an investment on his part that would require more than a $2 return. This driver cannot sell for $5 like the 105c that many people here expect unless one were to buy the components themselves plus build and flash themselves and even at that it would take a serious purchase quantity of components to get there

Is anyone selling a kit of board+components for $5? Send me a PM. For many non-US residents, the competition aspect is irrelevant because they’ll never buy from RMM. I can’t pay shipping costs at 140% the price of the product.

The links to the parts and Oshpark are in this thread

17mm & 20/26/27mm single-sided DD/FET driver release: A17DD-SO8 / A20DD-SO8 / etc

Watch out for Zener build compatitibility issues in this version. There is a simple workaround for the current version (v024), see post #319 here for details. Also in post #319 and 320 you’ll find two different revised WIP board layouts which should both remove the need for any workarounds. Here is a high power single sided FET driver. From my limited testing, fresh battery performance is similar to a regular BLF17DD. The driver is Zener ready. Note that this driver is not intended for a …

[jack-bkk]

i ordered 3 different tints on 14.8 and today they are still pending even i requested send them one by one also for custom reasons the order processing not that great with banggood i have to admit

today 5a tint is daid to be in stock again on 5th sept if they hold my order for al llights till then i will think about to cancel all my orders

[jack-bkk]

@argolite

@bugsy36

• The driver is not available separately because I have no intention on competing with RMM. Wight and Richard are friends and if Richard strikes a deal with Banggood for drivers that is solely up to them to decide. Even for Richard to do that it would require an investment on his part that would require more than a $2 return. This driver cannot sell for $5 like the 105c that many people here expect unless one were to buy the components themselves plus build and flash themselves and even at that it would take a serious purchase quantity of components to get there

Is anyone selling a kit of board+components for $5? Send me a PM. For many non-US residents, the competition aspect is irrelevant because they’ll never buy from RMM. I can’t pay shipping costs at 140% the price of the product.

i agree with you agrolite its a free market makes no sense to protects friends for an open source product

[a1penguin]

I just placed an order for a 1A. This is going to be a great light for biking.

Thanks bugsy!

[djozz]

@jack-bkk

@argolite

@bugsy36

• The driver is not available separately because I have no intention on competing with RMM. Wight and Richard are friends and if Richard strikes a deal with Banggood for drivers that is solely up to them to decide. Even for Richard to do that it would require an investment on his part that would require more than a $2 return. This driver cannot sell for $5 like the 105c that many people here expect unless one were to buy the components themselves plus build and flash themselves and even at that it would take a serious purchase quantity of components to get there

Is anyone selling a kit of board+components for $5? Send me a PM. For many non-US residents, the competition aspect is irrelevant because they’ll never buy from RMM. I can’t pay shipping costs at 140% the price of the product.

i agree with you agrolite its a free market makes no sense to protects friends for an open source product

As I have hinted before, I agree with jack and argolite, I greatly admire Richard for what he has done, starting here on BLF and setting up his very friendly business, making and selling our BLF-designed boards for what I think is less than the normal costs of components plus labour, and in general he runs the best flashoholics shop in the world, but even though he ships all over the world nowadays, it is not attractive to buy from him from overseas. Even though the initial shipping costs are reasonable, most packages coming from the USA get checked by customs over here and 18 euro's charged for handling. That never ever happened to packages from China.

Apart from this, the design and UI of this board is a BLF-effort, not a MtnElectronics effort, so I don't see a reason to keep this a MtnElectronics exclusive. I do think that apart from what the legal rights are for board and firmware, I would still like to see wight's and Toykeeper's personal approval for having this driver sold separately by Banggood.

As for the costs compared to a 105C, I do not see why this board can not be sold for less than 10 dollar. All components but the FET are exactly the 105C components. I guess the single FET is still more expensive than the 7x7135 chips that are not used, but it is not several dollars (I can buy a suitable FET for 50 cents, the best one for less than a dollar). The costs of 'development' are already done because the driver is already in production. What's leftover is the costs of limited amounts produced compared to a 105C, and that remains to be seen, this will sell well.

I understand that bugsy and Krono are certainly not going to initiate this, and I also am not in a position to put time in this, but I hope that it will be picked up by someone because if there's one driver that deserves to be easily available for flashoholics worldwide for a reasonable price, this is the one.

[Banggood]

43 5A are arrival today

so the remain stock

1A: 94

3D:90

5A:10

some who both order 5A and other tind will be shipped soon

[Gunga]

Save some for the bare lights!

[BackToTop]

Please add me to the buy list for 2 – NW. Thank you!

[keengeorge]

@BackToTop

Please add me to the buy list for 2 – NW. Thank you!

Welcome to BLF!!

[Rolz]

My 3D was shipped today. Normally around 2 weeks delivery time for me. I can’t wait.