Thanks. Yeah, I'll use the 5A driver. I hooked the LED up to my bench power supply and ran it for 2h at 5A without any problems. I should have taken before and after pictures to see any degradation...
you can create an analog signal with a rc lowpass filter from your pwm source and then use the adjustable version for potentiometer. The PWM should be 0-3.3V.
It's been a while since my last mod...
Here is a Cree XM-L2 Dropin that I made a couple days ago.
The LED and the PCB is soldered directly to the aluminium/copper socket.
To make the aluminium solderable I electroplated it with copper.
But I'm not sure what the long term effects will be since...
There is a difference between Ah and A.
Ah is the capacity of the battery (the current that is delivered when the battery is emptied in one hour) A is the current.
Yes, it will always work. I used a hard switch as well.
The idea is that if the switch disconnects the circuit from power nothing is sourcing the C with current that keeps the voltage up. On the other hand the input resistance of the µC is still present that slowly discharges the C.
Took me a...