Are the R6's supposed to come out this year?

Marduke

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I highly doubt it will ever get to the next letter. There will be another model come out first, so unless the continue the same flux bins with a new model...
 

jtr1962

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In my opinion, and I could be wrong, I think the recent stagnation is due to Cree preparing to put knowledge from the latest research on the production line. This includes not only the efficiency increases but also hopefully anti-droop technology. Once this is done, they'll probably simply go with another model, although they may keep the same binning system for consistency. In any case, if this is the route they're going then I would expect a fairly nice efficiency bump in the initial offering compared to the XR-E. Not 100% like when the XR-E was released, but 135 to 150 lm/W at 350 mA wouldn't surprise me. And if the new product incorporates anti-droop technology, the increase in output at higher currents may well be close to double that of the best XR-E bins, perhaps in the area of 400+ lumens at 1 amp.
 

znomit

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Thats because there isn't any.

Once upon a time there was this:
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Currently here they mention R3 XP-C/E which aren't released yet, but not R4s...
http://www.cree.com/products/pdf/XLampXP_B&L.pdf
 
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