flashlight build

zeramant86

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Alright, first off I'm extremely new to the process of led flashlights. That said I'm going to attempt for my first build to build a solar light with an mce led.

Can a small solar panel be hooked into a rechargable battery array in series, with that battery feeding into others in parallel, until the max voltage for the mce is reached? Also, I would like to add a photodiode after the battery unit so that it only operates in low light conditions, and the batteries will probably be AA batteries because I have a bunch laying around.

Will most standard drivers support series parallel combinations?

Is this all that will be needed?
http://ledsupply.com/creemce-w430.php
http://ledsupply.com/bucktoot.php
http://ledsupply.com/10425.php
http://ledsupply.com/10209.php
and of course the photodiode, heatsink, and housing
 
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