I work in the automotive industry and carry a holster light every day. I normally carry a Stylus Pro but some colleagues had Jr Leds and I liked the body and the upgraded brightness. My Snap-on guy sells them but I got mine off of Amazon.
So I decided I want to mod the Jr to USB-C because my other work lights are also type c. So I figured a 14500 could replace the 2xAA. Did some research into mini charging boards and ordered some. Also ordered some usb-c female breakout boards.
The idea was to have a module the same size as a AA that was easily removable. The female usb end is spring loaded to pop into the cutout I dremeled (wish I had a mill).
So I drew up the Jr in Autodesk Inventor and started thinking. I found some nice spring contacts in a junk Mastercraft with a 3xAAA caddy.
Lots of trial and error went into the final version of the part. After that was finalized I assembled everything and soldered it in a way that everything could be removed without desoldering. The charge board is held in with a spring in a pocket and the female type c board slides up and down and is held with a spring upwards and there are stops built in.
I found a nifty dust plug on amazon that fit really nicely and the annodization matched perfectly. It even came with a little clip that holds the plug when charging.
Let me know what you think, new to this forum but not a complete noob. I eventually want to upgrade the led/driver but have no idea how to do that. I have a lot more pictures and protoypes. I use a TS100 soldering iron connected to wall power or a M12 battery. I will post updates if anything breaks haha. This is not a beauty flashlight it will be used and abused daily.
So I decided I want to mod the Jr to USB-C because my other work lights are also type c. So I figured a 14500 could replace the 2xAA. Did some research into mini charging boards and ordered some. Also ordered some usb-c female breakout boards.
The idea was to have a module the same size as a AA that was easily removable. The female usb end is spring loaded to pop into the cutout I dremeled (wish I had a mill).
So I drew up the Jr in Autodesk Inventor and started thinking. I found some nice spring contacts in a junk Mastercraft with a 3xAAA caddy.
Lots of trial and error went into the final version of the part. After that was finalized I assembled everything and soldered it in a way that everything could be removed without desoldering. The charge board is held in with a spring in a pocket and the female type c board slides up and down and is held with a spring upwards and there are stops built in.
I found a nifty dust plug on amazon that fit really nicely and the annodization matched perfectly. It even came with a little clip that holds the plug when charging.
Let me know what you think, new to this forum but not a complete noob. I eventually want to upgrade the led/driver but have no idea how to do that. I have a lot more pictures and protoypes. I use a TS100 soldering iron connected to wall power or a M12 battery. I will post updates if anything breaks haha. This is not a beauty flashlight it will be used and abused daily.
