New LED flashlight design....

I decided to build my own LED flashlight. Not being convinced "round" is the way to go, I built it rectangular. It is a little larger than a cell phone. It makes it easier to sit down and make sure it does not roll. Lay it under a car, or possibly on the top of a drop ceiling while working on wiring. It is over 500 lumens of bright white light. It can be programmed with any computer to do what ever you like. It is microprocessor controlled. Make one of the functions a strobe light. Or possibly make it flash S-O-S in Morse code. It can mount to a tripod to enhance your eBay pictures! I designed a unique LED driver circuit. You can control the brightness with PWM. You can charge your iPod or iPad with it. Here are a few pictures:

:welcome: Mark

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Looks very interesting, what type of battery / capacity does it use? Looks ideal for a Lipo pack.

I'm impressed! Heck of a 1st post. I'm thinking your second post will be a sales thread!


Looks like a practical light with some nice features - don't forget the magnets.

Woow... Very nice light... Congrats...


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markdil said:

Here are a few pictures:

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Sounds very interesting but I can't see the pictures (I tried in Windows XP with Explorer, and Ubuntu with Firefox)

wquiles said:

Sounds very interesting but I can't see the pictures (I tried in Windows XP with Explorer, and Ubuntu with Firefox)

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+1

Where are the pics

Were are the pics? I saw yesterday...

Curious...can't see pictures either

I can't see the pictures either.

BTW, The Xeno cube is also a rectangular light so although rare, this has been thought of before.

n+1 on the not seeing any pics. Is it comparable to the Chimera at all?

easilyled said:

I can't see the pictures either.

BTW, The Xeno cube is also a rectangular light so although rare, this has been thought of before.

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fyrstormer said:

n+1 on the not seeing any pics. Is it comparable to the Chimera at all?

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The light was built in a blue painted aluminum hobby box similar to the picture below.

I am crasy, but not that much, I know that I saw the pics...

If the builder is ok let me put the pics here, I saved before...

Thats a cool little light. I like it. That's a great first post. You have obviously put alot of thought and time into this. It looks well worth the effort and great job. Where do the batteries go, I can't tell. There seems to be no battery holder or contacts. I see no wire from a power supply going to the light in the pic with the tripod. Is there a lipo pack behind the circuit board.

Looks cool, but it may not be easy to prevent the ingress of water for that design.

Looks awesome, I am also curious on where the battery pack is located