Milkyspit's MC2 Thread (also Milky Tester) Part II

milkyspit said:

Bullterrier, I have TWO left, first come, first served. After this I would need to have 30 more boards populated... that would take some time as I would need at least a dozen orders to justify the buildout. The bottom line: if you want two units soon, please contact me to arrange for that NOW. You can use this email address to reach me...

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i have tried to email you but all of my emails just come back :shrug:
"This is an automatically generated Delivery Status Notification.Unable to deliver message to the following recipients, due to being unable to connect successfully to the destination mail server.

[email protected]"

edit: it works better when i tried to send to the right email address [email protected]

my Milkyspit's MC2 arrived today

So any candles left Scott? I can send a SMJLED if that would work.

I'd like one when I send the Oilslick in!

Sarge, I'm sad to say I don't have so much as one MC2 left!

However, I do have approx. 30 circuit boards remaining, unbuilt, and could get them built then put together as more MC2 units if there's interest. I'd like to have a commitment for at least a dozen or so units overall to fund the buildout. Are you in... how many?

Anyone else? It would be nice to get more units made, and I hope we can scare up enough interested folks to make it happen.

Let me know, guys and gals!

Everyone who needs an indoor emergency light and CR123A battery drainer (vampire!) should get one of these!

I am in for 1 for sure! Are these the 1 - 2 cell type?

Scott I need to PM you about the Oilslick!

Scott I sent you an E-mail.
What LED's are options since this will be a new build? I see you have used different kinds of main and secondary Led's in the past. The secondary Kingbright orange would be really good, but so would an amber or cyan even.

What is the best 5mm going right now? I will send you a few different kinds with my Oilslick to test out Scott! Ever used a SMJLED in a Milky candle before?

These are for 2 cells but will work on 1, have a main white LED that will run with 3 levels of output user selectable but also stepping down automatically as it kills the cells , and have a final lowest stage that runs on a color led of some type that blinks before it goes out totally.
Is that the gist of it?

Also would it not be possible to squirt some clear silicone or Devcon 2-Ton epoxy into the top of it to give this a small measure of water resistance? I see myself filling in the top of it with the same stuff used in my glow disks if you give me the OK. Charges it'self during use and easy to spot and turn on at night if it sat in a normally lit room during the evening. I am a sucker for GITD.

I get so excited over new build details!

I need to drum up some business so my candle will get made!
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I will take two MC2's. You have my contact info and three of my lights in the queue already. sc

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:shrug: Come on, you can do it.

I just read an old post saying a few of these early candles had sockets in them so you could swap out 5mm led's at will! :thumbsup:

Is that an option, or is there a reason you went another direction?
All I can guess is that the sockets wear out too fast?

Mmmm something else for me to ponder.

I could use a Candle if more are being produced. :naughty:

Okay! I'd like to do this next batch, so will begin the signup list... so far we have...

[size=+1]The List[/size]

Sgt. LED: 1x
SierraCharlie: 3x
Coyote223: 1x

TOTAL SO FAR = 5
NEED 7 MORE ORDERS TO BUILD

[size=+1]Some Thoughts[/size]

* I can build these with pretty much any combination of LEDs, at least within reason! Lately the typical build has been Nichia GS for the primary LED with an amber backup LED... but there are lots of other possibilities, including (to name a few) an SMJLED or THC3 or Quickar primary LED, or 10mm primary LED, red or orange or yellow backup LED, etc.

* A fun holiday version of the candle could utilize a color-cycling RGB LED... good entertainment!

* I should be able to reach significantly better efficiency by using a bank of perhaps 4x Nichia GS LEDs in place of the single white LED on a standard MC2 unit. Efficiency in this case means greater brightness with the same runtimes... and indirectly that also means greater runtime by virtue of running a lower output to reach the desired brightness for a particular application. Cost would increase by maybe $10 per unit due to the additional parts and labor involved in building this version.

* Have another circuit concept that would drive efficiency even higher, but it would require a custom prototyping run of the boards initially... my guess is it would add $20 to the price of each unit but would increase runtimes beyond even what the MC2 is capable of... MC3 anyone? :naughty:

* Will write a new version of firmware allowing high/medium/low brightness with the backup LED, just as prior units have allowed with the white LED: occurred to me it made more sense for both LEDs to support the same levels. Note that all previous MC2 units could receive a firmware upgrade to support this.

* Also want to incorporate an optional faux flame capability. I've had most of the code for this for quite some time but haven't taken the time to finish incorporating into the firmware... but it is a feature I want. The flame mode would work on all brightness levels and the user could activate or deactivate as needed.

These are some of the ravings of my crazed flashaholic mind at the moment! Most should even be achievable in this next batch of units. Please let me know if any might be desirable for your build.

I'll take a flaming MC3 with 4X white extra efficient brightness.

Floody is always better in my opinion. And the Kingbright Orange in 3 levels would rock!

My EZNite is chewing up primaries, and my MC2's can't use them fast enough so I'll take another.

Come on MC3!!!
Brian

nein166 said:

I'll take a flaming MC3 with 4X white extra efficient brightness.

And the Kingbright Orange in 3 levels would rock!

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yeah this sounds great! So can you add me to the list for a MC3 just like the one requested above?

Also Scott I just sent you a mail regarding some interest in a creemator noir as well!

I'm sorry if this has already been discussed but I'm kinda lost in here... Around what ranges are the running prices for these last run??

I'd be in for one more of these. The 4 X Nichea GS sounds intriguing.

However, I really didn't want to spend any more $ till January. . . .