User:Brted: Difference between revisions

'''Programmable Drivers''' Some drivers, like the AK-47 and the 101-AK have an Atmel Tiny13 chip on board. It is possible to reprogram this chip to get not only exactly the number of modes and the light levels you want, but also to program it to be programmable. More information here at [[AVR drivers]]. So far I had some success in uploading a program, but the clip broke before I could customize anything and the program I uploaded gives a low battery warning all the time and won't stay bright. '''Perfect UI:''' Eventually I'd like to develop a programmable UI where one mode would be 100% brightness and the other would be programmable. Maybe you could flash the light five times, it would blink twice to indicate you are in programming mode, and then you could cycle through a number of modes (don't think ramping is worth the trouble; I like the idea of preset levels). This could include a very low moonlight mode, a map-reading low, an outdoor low, a couple of mediums, as well as some blinking, SOS, strobes, etc. If you leave the light on in that level for 5 seconds, the light blinks twice to indicate it is memorized, and you are out of programming mode. The UI would have memory that would set after about 1 second on.