Cree MC-E keychain torch

oldspice10

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Hi everyone!! Im new to this whole hobby, and would like some more information, I posted this question in Techjunkie's thread here, but I bet I get a reply alittle faster here, Im excited to get going!! I want to copy his Trustfire TR-803 design. I have the donor light (TR-803), but Im not sure what driver to buy. He mentioned a " KD driver pid 1845 (unregulated/DD 5 PWM modes with memory)" I think its this one:

http://kaidomain.com/ProductDetails.aspx?ProductId=1845

I have read a few posts about soldering emitters and think I could do it successfully, but if there is more information available please lead me to it!!
If someone already asked for a driver for an MC-E with one IMR 16340 battery I apologize, I searched but to no avail! thanks everyone! This forum led me to my first real LED (Fenix L2t v1)
Any other tips for me?
Please let me know!
 

kosPap

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Mar 1, 2007
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Naoussa Greece
yehh....get the MC-E on a 15mm PCB board that Shiningbeam.com sells (so it can fit in the flashlight) (also a member here) but feed TWO wires per LED pole...

I have used this for 2 P60 modules with precisely the same driver....the problem with the 15mm baord he uses is that the solder pads are small for the MC-E current...(I lsot more than 10% of power to the led due to pad resistance)

but there are 2 of them for teh + and - poles so rewire the driver with 2 cables each (you got to enlarge the wire holes)

best of luck, kostas
 
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