Lummi Lab's

[orb]

I have created a new blog (Lummi Lab's) which will be updated with development work.
Not all will come to fruition & is purely a way of documenting & sharing work in progress.
I also really wish I'd done Chemistry @ school
My first entry is my working prototype of a Wee with XP-G light engine design.
Please check out Lummi Lab's here http://lummilab.blogspot.com/
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[fyrstormer]

To answer the question you asked on your blog, the smaller module looks like a laser conversion for a Wee, which is actually a very intriguing idea.

[orb]

To answer the question you asked on your blog, the smaller module looks like a laser conversion for a Wee, which is actually a very intriguing idea.

Cool Idea, but not the answer.
I will provide the video later today.

[Jay R]

Two stage switch ?
Or better still, a potentiometer that as you tighten to turn on gives you infinite output levels.

Now that's a bloody good idea.

[Nyctophiliac]

Yay, Rob! At last you're going to incorporate a fanny magnet into a Wee!

[Jay R]

It’s a self destruct button so’s you don’t let the latest high tech fall into the enemies hands.

[Jay R]

Two stage switch ?.

Or to be specific….
The bit on the left fits into the bottom of the light engine. The ‘button’ on it is sprung and connected via a resistor to its outer case from which it is normally insulated. When you tighten the Wee, the battery touches the button of the insert causing current to flow through the resistor making a ‘low’. When you tighten further, the button shorts against the outer case and gives you ‘high’.

I know this because my Lego man told me when he was making it...

[orb]

Well Jay R your pretty much figured it out. The small component on the left enables twistable variable brightness. From off to infinitely variable to high. The VBC (Variable Brightness Component or Control) could be thought of in a similar way to a potentiometer, however it is a far simpilar & less mechanical than that.
All to be said at this stage is its thanks to Quantum Tunneling!
How Techy is that! Wee VBC with Quantum Physics.
Video here: http://vimeo.com/8077919

[Christoph]

It looks cool. You may be getting me as a new customer if you start selling that. Is that a Spy on the table below the screen?
Chris

[Eric242]

Sweet! Are you going to offer the VBC in the Wees and Raws?

[sideman7]

For real? How long before we can get one of those?!?!?!

[Launch Mini]

My first Wee isn't even shipped yet, and I am set to order one of these as soon as they're available

[fyrstormer]

Will the variable brightness switch be something that can be installed in existing lights, or will it require a new casing?

[Eric242]

I see no way this could be installed in a already existing light. There´s no room at all. The only available space in these is used by the rechargeable. Of course it might be possible to just pop it into a light resulting in much less useable threads. But I doubt it.

Eric

[sideman7]

The light in the video doesn't appear to have any reflector, and there is no way to remove it from the existing Wees (it's part of the body)... Too bad, I would love to have this setup in my BB Ti Wee...

[JB in SC]

That will be the heat....

[Jay R]

Well Jay R your pretty much figured it out.

Great !

Please ship my variable brightness Wee prize to the usual address.

[orb]

The VBC is not something I think I can offer as a drop in for the current Wee. As it is the overall length may need to be increased by a few mm's. Also I would like to begin using the XP-G which calls for a different parabolic curve on the reflector. As many are aware the Wee's reflector is all part of the front body.

This is very much work in progress & is subject to change or even not happen. However i do believe there is or will be interest in a VBC Wee & would love to be able to offer these as a production item. Time frame is unknown at this time? It depends mostly on how things go with the machine shop. I would like to think we could get something started in the early part of the new year. I hope this does not appear as a tease, I just wanted to start sharing some R&D again.

I took a photo of the Lummi WS or Lab after a tidy up:
http://i319.photobucket.com/albums/m..._2008/BWWS.jpg

[gollum]

very cool Rob

great idea

I love the Wee and its small size
I also edc my raw and really like the dual output system

what I would love is this VBC in a 18650 light...

the 18650 is one of the biggest edc-able batteries
coupled with the perfect variable brightness UI
I believe that would be the perfect light

especially with your great sense of design and quality finish

sign me up

[sebast]

Very interesting I'm in if this happen

[greenlight]

How many labs are there, and what do they have?

[Nyctophiliac]

Finally got to see the video - that is a superb UI, Rob.

All power to you to get these going into a production line. Huge improvement to an already fantastic torch.

Well done Sir.

Course I meant to say Flashaholic magnet.

[Essexman]

Great stuff Rob, I think you will havw to offer the VBC in all your lights!

Nice to see you getting some time for R&D, even better that you a sharing it with us...

I'm really looking forward to what will come out of the Lummi lab (s?) over the next few months.

I'm crossing my fingers for a CR2, XPG, with VBC, ASAP OK?

[nathan310]

That is incredible! If they ever come out put me down for one.

[MKLight]

That is incredible! If they ever come out put me down for one.

+me! Nice work, Rob!

[glyph]

Wow, I definitely want a VBC Wee!

[MKLight]

Me, too! !

[csshih]

The light looks awesome... But could someone go into detail what exactly quantum tunneling is? My attempts of searching the Internet have failed.

Is it similar to hall effect dimming like the surefire Titan?

[fyrstormer]

Quantum tunneling is when quantum particles (electrons, quarks, neutrinos, etc.) spontaneously jump across an insulating barrier, presumably instantaneously, regardless of the distance being crossed. It doesn't violate the speed-of-light law because the probability of each particle tunneling through the barrier decreases as the barrier size increases, so when you zoom-out far enough that you get back into the realm of predictable physics, the average time it takes for an entire "batch" of particles to tunnel through the barrier is equal to the time it would take them to travel that distance at the speed of light if they all went at once instead of hanging out and waiting to jump.

So I'm guessing the switch has some sort of an insulator that can vary in thickness as the switch is compressed, and electrons jump across in varying amounts as quantum physics allows.

[J-FRAME]

I agree. We need a 18650 format light from you. Count me in.