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Thanks folks for your responses. As suggested above I don't the user to have to deal with replacing the batteries, or taking them out to charge and putting them back. For this reason the light will obviously require charging circuitry. I do realize that there will be a constant drain on the...
I'm STILL looking for input on my original question above. I know there are folks here that have knowledge of such things. What might it take to get some input on this? In conjunction with the original question, I'm now considering using SMD LEDs instead of the originally planned standard 5mm...
As a mechanical engineer I'm in the process of redesigning a portable LED-based lighting device that originally ran four 5mm LEDs off of 4-AAA batteries. The new device will have both motion and light-sensing built into it and as suggested will run off of a rechargeable battery or batteries. The...