mosport
Enlightened
Part 1 of this project can be found here.
Here's the finished light featuring Kevin's Piglet buck-boost convertor board, custom brass heatsink and a McR-17XR cutdown in the University of Waterloo engineering lab
The original CR2 ION XT reflector was bored out and the shortened McR fits beautifully. Inside the head, the Cree XRE emitter was reflow soldered to the heatsink and press fit, then potted. Beam has a smooth hotspot to spill transition and it's amazing how different this mod feels from the original XT light. Current settings are 50mA on low and 350mA for high, the UI is customized with 3 simplifed modes.
This truly is a completely different animal now! All design and machining were done by Goldserve, I only supplied the body and brass for this build.
Awesome work Kev! Thanks for seeing this project through. Your Ti ION will be stunning after the coating is completed :rock:
Derek
Here's the finished light featuring Kevin's Piglet buck-boost convertor board, custom brass heatsink and a McR-17XR cutdown in the University of Waterloo engineering lab
The original CR2 ION XT reflector was bored out and the shortened McR fits beautifully. Inside the head, the Cree XRE emitter was reflow soldered to the heatsink and press fit, then potted. Beam has a smooth hotspot to spill transition and it's amazing how different this mod feels from the original XT light. Current settings are 50mA on low and 350mA for high, the UI is customized with 3 simplifed modes.
This truly is a completely different animal now! All design and machining were done by Goldserve, I only supplied the body and brass for this build.
Awesome work Kev! Thanks for seeing this project through. Your Ti ION will be stunning after the coating is completed :rock:
Derek