When using the tiny25 you could gain some room by losing the two voltage divider resistors. Attiny25/45/85 can measure battery voltage without them. See my post here: Flashlight Firmware Repository - #790 by Halo
On anything smaller than a 15mm board an SO8 MCU isn’t very practical for single-sided applications. Take a look at my 10mm/12mm/15mm “DD-L” drivers for comparison if you like.
Well this was good timing for me to read this thread. I just pulled apart my Cu Tool to begin modding it with a 12mm FET driver. But with a purpose built one being released I will save this driver for something else.
Richard, this has probably been answered plenty of times before, but can an XHP35 be run on a FET driver from a 3S carrier?
Ok, I feel like this has to have already been asked, but I did a ctrl-F for ’S2’ and went several pages back. So, is there any estimate on when you might be getting any red or blue hosts along with the shortened tubes I have a pretty large order to place and wanted to do it all in a single order. If it’s going to be a while on the S2 hosts I’ll just place the order for everything else. And, thank you.
The thermal performance is pretty good; much better than the small tube light triples. There is a lot more mass and more important, surface area to help transfer heat.
It is definitely not a thrower. The beam is smooth and creamy, but is only slightly tighter than what you get from the smaller triple optics like the 10507, so it is fairly floody but manages some distance due to sheer output. I imagine that if you polished the face of the optic to get rid of the texture it would tighten up a bit, but the point of a light like this is pure lumen output and not throw. If you want throw then you would be better off with a single XP-G2 and a reflector.