andrewwynn
Flashlight Enthusiast
that's a lotta abbreviations.
Well.. 'modding fun' is over, i got 'one last sneaky one in' before the heads arrived for the nano today.
here is the webpage
(dunnow what happened at first with that url)
and a preview image:
you maybe notice a bit of a difference in this 'sandwich'.. looks a bit like a UFO.. anyhow because i didn't want to pot the driver.. i made the anode board large so it holds the kroll pring pressure. of course.. this means the ground path is on the top of the anode board.
I set the power level to exactly 3W.. came out to about 830mA.. and the driver worked very well. The only change to the driver from the nano was putting a second sense resistor parallel.
oooowhiee did the inside get toasty during a full-run.. 195F max temp of IR themo scan of the emitter/heatsink. the outside felt warm, but measured surprisingly hotter than it seemed. 120F
check out the pics and see how clean it came out.
OH.. for all those with a CNC123.. or just about any light that opens in the middle and has a clickie tail.. the reason i didn't want to pot it.. 'not done yet'.. I deigned a full variable dimmer that works in conjunction with my driver and is a 'drop in' for the CNC123. I will be working with others to bring it to market asap.
I will have the prototype running within a week or so.. when i can take a break from nano construction.
Well.. 'modding fun' is over, i got 'one last sneaky one in' before the heads arrived for the nano today.
here is the webpage
(dunnow what happened at first with that url)
and a preview image:
you maybe notice a bit of a difference in this 'sandwich'.. looks a bit like a UFO.. anyhow because i didn't want to pot the driver.. i made the anode board large so it holds the kroll pring pressure. of course.. this means the ground path is on the top of the anode board.
I set the power level to exactly 3W.. came out to about 830mA.. and the driver worked very well. The only change to the driver from the nano was putting a second sense resistor parallel.
oooowhiee did the inside get toasty during a full-run.. 195F max temp of IR themo scan of the emitter/heatsink. the outside felt warm, but measured surprisingly hotter than it seemed. 120F
check out the pics and see how clean it came out.
OH.. for all those with a CNC123.. or just about any light that opens in the middle and has a clickie tail.. the reason i didn't want to pot it.. 'not done yet'.. I deigned a full variable dimmer that works in conjunction with my driver and is a 'drop in' for the CNC123. I will be working with others to bring it to market asap.
I will have the prototype running within a week or so.. when i can take a break from nano construction.