Well, i was kinda soft about that matter Its designed for general lighting areas mostly, yet i am pretty confident there will be XPG3 thrower edition soon enough
Or as an Arrow manager mailed yesterday: there are rumors for for improoved XPE3( bigger core, better bond wires) Unfortunately he is a CPF member( whitch ofc is already a huge sin in my eyes :smiling_imp: )
Another 3.45mm LED. I really don't get it. Is there really a cost saving for them to reduce the die of the XP-L to this size? I was holding thumbs for a Cree 5W High Intensity. Anyone else seen this gap?
Hannes - you probably won't get a response here. We generally don't pay attention to watt ratings, because (I think) that's based on CREE's specs for max amps, of which, we totally dis-regard. 1.5A or 3A max ratings are pretty meaningless. We take 1.5A LED's to 4-5A regularly, and 3A to 6A+ even.
If I were building general lighting products though, it would be an important consideration for sure, for both lifetime and heat issues.
yes you are right. When you only have 1 or 2 leds to worry about you will not be bothered if it is burned out due to overdriving it after a few months. But when you have to worry about +1000 driving it harder makes no sense. For me it is about the PCB foot print to Die size ratio. With the XP-L bring a XM-L on a XP foot print there is really a need for an XB (2.45x2.45) led with an XP-G die. But it see that cree is not really interested in that market.
This (XP-G3) is rated for 6W, they increased the max forward current from 1500ma to 2000ma.
But I do understand what you’re saying, and there does appear to be a gap.
One of the biggest improvements IMO is the >90 CRI LED’s in a large kelvin range. That’s what I’m most interested in, and in that regard, looks like the XP-G3 will have that in spades. 90 CRI available all the way up to over 6k