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Offline coldvizjerei

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SOLVED: CF8 Main LED Flickering Effect Problem
« on: September 22, 2017, 06:10:43 PM »
Just wired my first BBW tri-cree with the blues in series and when I turn the saber on, I get a static blade.

Checked the config file and I have flks set to 3. Changed the flks value to 20 to see if it would change and even then I get a static blade.
I then undid the wiring and tried wiring up just one blue die to the main LED and I get the flicker effect that I want.

Not sure why this is happening; is it something to do with wiring the blue dies in series?
Hopefully someone out there can help me figure this out!

Here's a picture of my BBW tri-cree wired in series just in case:
« Last Edit: September 23, 2017, 08:04:09 AM by coldvizjerei »

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Re: CF8 Main LED Flickering Effect Problem
« Reply #1 on: September 23, 2017, 01:45:41 AM »
Rather than the flks which you are changing, did you try increasing the flicker depth (flkd)?

I've tended to have to use a higher flkd when I have two LEDs in series. Also with some LED setups the flicker effect diminishes as the battery depletes.

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SOLVED: CF8 Main LED Flickering Effect Problem
« Reply #2 on: September 23, 2017, 08:03:53 AM »
WHOA!
Just played with increasing the flkd setting in the config file and that seems to have solved it!
Now that I think about it, I don't know why I didn't think of adjusting the flkd setting as well.

Lesson learned, thanks!!!

 

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