THIS WEEK…
I will be launching a Kickstarter campaign for a project I have been working on in secret for the last two months:
I’ve invested nearly 1000 hours into this design. It will be affordably priced, professionally assembled, and ship in July.
It is no mere light kit.
Full details and specs will be forthcoming once the campaign is launched. Keep your eye on the For Sale forum for that thread.
Epic. 
If this kit is anything like your PKE electronics, this is going to end up being something truely special.
Can we speculate?
This looks exciting.
You can speculate all you like.
I speculate that the size will be 3.1" x 1.8"… DISCUSS!
Light and sound in one complete package with a SD card incorporated. But I also see a board with 3.3 volts. Meaning you could use a soundboard.
No hope for a controller for one of these?
I dunno. What is that? Looks like an ordinary LED bulb. What’s the part number so I can see the specs?
Tesla Cannon control board?
Oh, and 3.3v board has nothing to do with interfacing with external sound chips.
I speculate that that is smaller than a credit card.
http://www.gbfans.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=25285&start=90
C.Fago uses it in this thrower build. Its pretty amazing. The tech specs and other info are halfway down on the 4th page.
That is a LED bulb that c.fago used in his thrower
Thread for more reference: http://www.gbfans.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=25285&start=60#p376922
Page 4 has more details.
Video here:
LOOKS AMAZING …just when you think you are done with your pack …Christ !
Looks like those bulbs run off 12V and 100-250mA. If you’re stepping 5V up to 12V, you’d need 600mA to get the same 3W. That’s a lot of power. But less than 1/10th of what my board is capable of delivering. Need some kind of module though. Could be something to upconvert voltage, but would be better to feed it directly from the battery. Doesn’t make sense to convert 8.4V down to 5V then back to 12V. Waste a lot of power as heat.
I’ll look into it. It’s totally doable. I just haven’t had a chance yet to look into the best way to drive high power leds. This might be a cheap and easy setup though. I wonder if the current on those even needs to be regulated. I doubt it if they are designed to just plug into a car’s light socket. On the other hand, if they don’t require a heat sink you’d think they couldn’t be as bright as some high power leds you can get. But if they’re made for headlamps they must be really bright. Hm… Wish I had a datasheet.
Here is the 15 led:
http://www.dealextreme.com/p/g4-3w-6500k-180-lumen-15x5050-smd-led-white-light-bulb-12v-94197
Have not found the 18 led one yet.
BUT, its not really important. I was just trying to open up discussion. Your board looks amazing. I can’t wait to see what you have cooked up.
edit: just saw your post
If this is an all-in-one for idiots who can’t wire things (like me), then I can’t wait to hear more…
Here’s a few more hints:
The name does not contain the words “Ghostbusters” or “Proton Pack”.
You can store sound files on an SD card.
You can store more than just sound files on an SD card.
It would be kind of silly to design an expansion module which simply outputs 3.3v all the time. What might that signal line be for?
And why does the LED module appear to have an input and an output?
Is it some kind of ray or mind control device?