Spy 005 classic upgrades

[fasteddie]

Waiting anxiously.

 

[Data]

The parts are all done!

 

[fasteddie]

Now get in my flashlight!! (in my best Scottish brogue)

 

[LowWorm]

The parts are all done!

Woot woot woot! Dave, Are you planning on posting those in this board or in the Custom BST? Can't wait for the details.

 

[Trashman]

Uh oh....Don't make me keep mine! I need money more than I need an upgrade!

 

[Christoph]

 

[Data]

The converter board and LED upgrade of the Chrome SPY 005 is starting up.

See dat2zip's SPY Upgrade thread.

Cheers
Dave

 

[cave dave]

What is the current draw of the new STFU board when off?

I had the batteries in my new SPY unexpectedly die. When I measure the off current of the new Spy I get 0.36mA vs 0.11mA on the old board. But I admit my techniques might not be right.

Is there some reason it has to draw current in the off position? At that rate you'll have dead batteries in 5 months without even using the light.

Note: the thread above is locked and the new thread isn't in the "Cool Fall" forum where I assume it belongs.

 

[Data]

The converter board should draw 5.9uA when off. Yours is drawing 360uA so it sounds like your converter board does not have the resistor bridge shutdown code.

You need to send it back so I can check this out.



Dave

 

[cave dave]

The converter board should draw 5.9uA when off. Yours is drawing 360uA so it sounds like your converter board does not have the resistor bridge shutdown code.
You need to send it back so I can check this out.
Dave

Ahh, good news and bad news then. bad news that mine seems to have an issue. Good news that it can be fixed.

Could you explain how it works. If it shuts down to the lower amperage after a few minutes maybe I need to wait on the measurement. I am measuring on the 10A scale across the batteries using the multi meter in place of the tailcap. It flashes a high amperage with the battery detect flash then settles down to 0.36A.

4 second exposure:

 

[Data]

Ahh, good news and bad news then. bad news that mine seems to have an issue. Good news that it can be fixed.

Could you explain how it works. If it shuts down to the lower amperage after a few minutes maybe I need to wait on the measurement. I am measuring on the 10A scale across the batteries using the multi meter in place of the tailcap. It flashes a high amperage with the battery detect flash then settles down to 0.36A.

4 second exposure:

Your 10A scale is a little large. To keep from frying your amp meter fuse on the low scale, you could shunt the leads till the flashlight goes to sleep. It goes to sleep very fast so waiting is not going to help your reading.

The resistor bridge is connected to the switch at each stop. It is what the uP uses to determine the switch position. The bridge is powered off in the shutdown code. What wakes the uP is when the state changes on the switch pin. Wayne told me that the uP itself only uses 2uA when in the off state but he said the rest of the 5.8uA is due to some caps across various devices. I know the resistor bridge pulls ~360uA so I suspect that it is still on.

Cheers
Dave

 

[fasteddie]

For those of us less technical, when you say "shunt the leads" do you mean shorting across the leads so that the meter is essenentially bypassed til the light shuts down? Dave, you know a lot of us are going to be checking out the readings now. I'd still love my spy even if ate batteries like an M6 HOLA.

 

[Data]

For those of us less technical, when you say "shunt the leads" do you mean shorting across the leads so that the meter is essenentially bypassed til the light shuts down? . . .

Yes, that is correct.

 

[fasteddie]

Dave, email sent.

 

[Rudi]

Two questions:

-- Will upgrading the 005 to 007 specs retain the option of maximum brightness and/or the adjustability of the two lower levels?

-- Where's the thread with the list of undatees? I didn't tag it and now I cant find it.

Congrats on the cool tree house.

 

[Data]

See dat2zip's upgrade thread here:
http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=172996

The 005's new STFu converter board is able to adjust the lower levels. See this thread for complete details of its functions.

Cheers
Dave

 

[jeffb]

Rrceived my upgraded Spy005 from Wayne today and it is great. The lowest
setting is set very low and the high is VERY bright. I much prefer the beam and tint. the hotspot is larger and the "spill" is great.

Dave and Wayne............Thank You for your efforts, am extremely satisfied and looking forward to the Spy007 :wave:

jeffb

 

[Christoph]

I got mine back the low is as low as my edc 42 w/seoul and is brighter than it on high.
C

 

[Data]

I got mine back the low is as low as my edc 42 w/seoul and is brighter than it on high.
C

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