Gee, what happened to all those guys that were building LED flashlights in Altoids tins?, Watson et al?
They were a big presence here a year or so ago.
Perhaps they started their own group?
Curious in Connecticut.
LED flashlights gone??
Mar 04, 2007
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They probably decided to just go to WalMart and buy one for a couple of bucks and move on in their lives. ;)
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They probably decided to just go to WalMart and buy one for a couple of bucks and move on in their lives. ;)
In Connecticut,Mass,NH and RI you can find them for $1 at OSJL
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Yes, I know where to get flashlights.
I was jusr curious about all the whereabouts of all the experimenters. They kept this group h>>
BFoelsch sez:
The Chinese influx.
John English
Perhaps. But good, cheap, well built high intensity flashlights are still rare. I own one a 1.5W Aurora flashlight I bought a couple of years ago for $40. The best I've ever owned.
The latest ones look even better:
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Dirk
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Run off by the flames, mostly. Watson appears from time-to-time in s.e.b., methinks, and has a flashlight building blog out there somewhere in cyberspace.
Ahh, here it is:
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Best wishes, James Arthur
Hell, I'm still at it! Getting a Luxeon K2 emitter running from a tabaco tin is amazing - its a lot brighter than the cheapo ones.
There's not much room in a tin for batteries and an current source and the lamp though so run time is pretty limited.
IMO the problem is designing a good case. The electronics seem simple these days.
Dirk
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BFoelsch wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:
IIRC,there's an online forum for LED flashlights. ...there are so many driver ICs to choose from these days.
Jim Yanik
jyanik
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Regards,
Boris Mohar
Got Knock? - see: Viatrack Printed Circuit Designs (among other things)
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void _-void-_ in the obvious place
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Maybe their dentists told them not to eat so many Altoids?
SCNR, Joerg
http://www.analogconsultants.com
Finiancial ruin?
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Cheers
How many can one build? Here you go:
20t +------+------+---COIL-----+-----+ +| | +| | | --- [4.7K] [100uF] | | | | | | /c |+ |AAA| +------+----------| [LED] | | \\e | --- | | | | | +--------------------------+-----+Red, NPN, air core, 5/8" diameter
Ed
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