I’m already amazed at how little you charge for custom builds. Even if you do things ten times faster than I do (which I wouldn’t be surprised about), it seems like you must still be charging a tiny fraction of minimum wage for your work.
OK, I have the firmware written and tested. Same functionality as usually except for an approximate 1 second hold turns the light off. Another short press takes you back to where you were at (memory.) Sound good?
Sounds very good Richard. What do YOU think of the UI change having actually tried it? Do you think customers will like it, which is the primary concern?
I think that they will. It feels intuitive and doesn't take away from the responsiveness. Any feedback on length of press? I don't want it to take forever, but I don't want normal long presses to turn into inadvertent shut downs.
I’m gonna have to start gluing my lights together in order to not be tempted to keep updating firmware as you guys figure out all these new tricks. 
Glad I got the S3EDC on order then while you had it listed. 
As for the 18650 spacer tube for the DQG I can make my own if necessary. I have a metal lathe and some Delrin rod that I originally bought for making ear plugs and other body piercing jewelry. I have also made 316 SS and 6AL4V Titanium body jewelry.
Why want aluminum reflectors? Once the mould is made a plastic reflector is a lot less expensive and probably functionally no different. Also normally going to be considerably lighter. Sometimes the fact that for many “plastic” is an acronym for “cheap” blinds them to the functionality of many plastic items.
That is what I hoped for. I would say make the ’off” press a second or a bit longer. Long enough to clearly differentiate it from the “long” press for going down in light output or the long press from off to go direct to maximum output. BTW what happens with the new UI if the switch is held down for a true long time while the light is in the OFF condition? Does it momentarily go to maximum and then turn off?
It already feels like about a second to go down a mode, so a bit more separation would be good. I really do like that it can go down a mode as it tries to replicate the functionality of a control ring light.
Too bad you can't get it as a host. It'd be pretty sweet with a version of the BLFDD driver modified for onboard clickie and Dsche's quad XM-L copper mcpcb...but a ring would have to be made to fill the space around the outside of the carclo lens.
leaftye;
Not sure if the firmware you and I have is the same as Richard indicated in post 2016 that he had made some timing changes to make the reverse step operation more responsive in current lights. I have the latest version firmware prior to this change I believe and the “down step” delay time is definitely way less than a second. W/O actually having a sample light in hand it is hard to judge the feel of the new firmware version in operation which is why I asked Richard of his impressions of the new version. He has used it and we have not.
The long press duration in my lights is set at 0.375 seconds, in all of them I've sold, including the early SRKs. The default was 0.5 seconds and it feels too long to me.
In that case Richard I think that a 1 second or so press to off should be fine. That is almost a 3X longer press than for the step down function which should be a big enough difference to clearly differentiate the two actions. I thought that the step down was a bit less than 1/2 second but also thought that it might just be me as I have birthday number 70 coming up in less than a month.
thought I read that. My first time with triple FET drivers as these. I pull 10.5 amps direct from bench supply to back of driver board, on turbo, with heavy cable. If anyone can duplicate so that I don’t make a liar out of myself will be appreciated (mod1). I wanted batteries out of equation and quick short protection to avoid hot copper showers.
Hi,
I’m planning to build a flashlight with CREE XM-L Color (maybe S2+/S3 Host), but I cannot find a good driver.
My wishes:
–2 mode groups, switch like Convoy’s UI
-Group 1: red, blue, green, white (eventually lower modes and color mixing etc.)
-Group 2: All strobe modes you can imagine (important for me: White-Red-Green-Blue Strobe 8Hz, Red Blink 1Hz)
-mode memory
Is it possible?
I don't have the time to design such a driver right now, check with DrJones, he may have something that will work for you.
Check here. Pm Rufusbduck if needed. Look for the Meld Driver boards. There is a thread where he shows his multi-color lights in action, impressive, post #531.
Thank you for the tips, DrJones has a nice driver and he is German.
one of our German Captains used to tease us Americans that we already spoke bad German, lol.
That or the Germans speak archaic early medieval English as brought to GB by their ancestral Angles and Saxons invaders. Then the Norman French added to the mix and both the English and Americans, and their colonists, added vocabulary from virtually every source on Earth that they ran across. English is a totally hybrid, or if you prefer mongrel, language and richer for it. :bigsmile:
Hey guys, as a few of you may have noticed the shipping times have been a little longer than usual this past week. I've been running solo while Lisa went to visit family, so I've fallen a little behind. I apologize, and I'm working as hard as I can to get everything out the door as quickly as possible. Lisa will be back tomorrow, so things will return to their normal lightning-like speed!
Thanks for being so patient.
Take your time; I’m in no hurry. I totally understand being busy.