Weylan
Enlightened
Hello all I am new here posting, but have been lurking a while.
I had a thought for trying to make what I thought was a fairly simple thing. Gads so this sort of started as a simple thought. I am not an engineer, but I can solder sort of.
I am looking for ideas on how to get a few features into a light source.
I have a 2 year old who sleeps in the same room with us, so don't really want to turn on the lights.
I was thinking of something that is a nightlight / navigation light.
It would have 1 RED LED as a night light.
It should have 3 to 4 white leds for use as a navigation light in the dark.
2 lights on or half low light white led mode for sort of an ambient light mode.
Full on for searching for the baby's toys.
It does not have to be totally small, but smaller is better.
It does not have to look like a flashlight too much, but needs to be able to stable and point up.
should run on 2-4 AA or AAA rechargable batteries for economy.
Should have a reasonably long runtime in ECONOMY modes.
I have a CMG Blaze that works ok, but it is kind of lacking in form and function. Can you say the button is cheesey!
I have a Petzel Zippka Plus headlight that is awsome for form and function, but could have a bit more economy and no RED light super economy mode.
Here is what I was thinking.
I was thinking of a project box or an etneralight housing like device.
The RED LED points up. There is a 3 positon switch that controls OFF, LOW and HIGH for the RED LED.
The white LEDs point forward and have a 3 position switch that controls
OFF, 2 LEDS and 4 LEDS.
Tritum vial or some kind of glow paint to help find the light in the dark. (Cool factor would be the Tritum.)
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Can anyone help me out here? I am looking for ideas of how to set this up a little better.
I wish I could get the controls for programming the light like some of the more expensive lights (lion heart, etc) that would give me controlable brightnesses. Like click once for ON, 2x click for 50% or 3x clicks for 75%... What do I have to do to get that kind of control drivers for the lights?
I know I can find the 3 button switchs, but would like to find some of the push buttons ("click") that could be used with the programmed controller above. Can someone help me out on this?
How about regulation to help give regulated power and some kind of indication of low batteries? Sort of like the ARC 1 xAAA "moon" mode, but a little better indication of battery replacement needed. I find that the "moon" mode makes me squint lots before I realize that I should be changing the batteries.
The pie in the sky setup would be I could get all this into a 1D sized M*G shape. With 1 button on the side and 1 button on the tail with all the features listed above. And the light would standup on the tail stable.
Me being practicle, I would say just the project box with all the features would be wonderful. But your help in any of these areas would be great.
I had a thought for trying to make what I thought was a fairly simple thing. Gads so this sort of started as a simple thought. I am not an engineer, but I can solder sort of.
I am looking for ideas on how to get a few features into a light source.
I have a 2 year old who sleeps in the same room with us, so don't really want to turn on the lights.
I was thinking of something that is a nightlight / navigation light.
It would have 1 RED LED as a night light.
It should have 3 to 4 white leds for use as a navigation light in the dark.
2 lights on or half low light white led mode for sort of an ambient light mode.
Full on for searching for the baby's toys.
It does not have to be totally small, but smaller is better.
It does not have to look like a flashlight too much, but needs to be able to stable and point up.
should run on 2-4 AA or AAA rechargable batteries for economy.
Should have a reasonably long runtime in ECONOMY modes.
I have a CMG Blaze that works ok, but it is kind of lacking in form and function. Can you say the button is cheesey!
I have a Petzel Zippka Plus headlight that is awsome for form and function, but could have a bit more economy and no RED light super economy mode.
Here is what I was thinking.
I was thinking of a project box or an etneralight housing like device.
The RED LED points up. There is a 3 positon switch that controls OFF, LOW and HIGH for the RED LED.
The white LEDs point forward and have a 3 position switch that controls
OFF, 2 LEDS and 4 LEDS.
Tritum vial or some kind of glow paint to help find the light in the dark. (Cool factor would be the Tritum.)
----
Can anyone help me out here? I am looking for ideas of how to set this up a little better.
I wish I could get the controls for programming the light like some of the more expensive lights (lion heart, etc) that would give me controlable brightnesses. Like click once for ON, 2x click for 50% or 3x clicks for 75%... What do I have to do to get that kind of control drivers for the lights?
I know I can find the 3 button switchs, but would like to find some of the push buttons ("click") that could be used with the programmed controller above. Can someone help me out on this?
How about regulation to help give regulated power and some kind of indication of low batteries? Sort of like the ARC 1 xAAA "moon" mode, but a little better indication of battery replacement needed. I find that the "moon" mode makes me squint lots before I realize that I should be changing the batteries.
The pie in the sky setup would be I could get all this into a 1D sized M*G shape. With 1 button on the side and 1 button on the tail with all the features listed above. And the light would standup on the tail stable.
Me being practicle, I would say just the project box with all the features would be wonderful. But your help in any of these areas would be great.