Dual-Purpose BUILD! JinHeng 12a USB charger + LASER! WOOOP! [PIC HEAVY]

[KRNAZNBOY]

Hey all! I know i have not posted any recent projects, not because i haven't been building but because i just haven't taken any pics nor did i have time to make threads

Well freshman year is coming to a close and i finally had time to do an in-depth build.

I had been eyeing this host for a while on Fasttech, not even for a host but for a light in general. Its awesome because it has three parts!
1) The flashlight (large head perfect for laser heatsink)
2) USB out (x2) plus LARGE battery capacity (10200mah @ 3.7v)
3) Charging IN function (via mini-usb)

THE HOST:

Driver and Contact spring:

Spacious Interior

Compliments to MrCrouse for an excellent job as usual

THE BUILD:
The driver of choice is the X-boost mini. This is the only driver i had and normally, its capable of 1.8a, which is what i wanted, but EVERY TIME I TRY TO SET AN X-BOOST MYSELF, it permanently goes into thermal protection mode and i can only set it to 1.45a. Oh well,

Now i dont have a picture but in the process of re-utilizing the pill i had to destroy the original driver, so i used a circle of perforated protoboard as a contact board.

Quick test:

Thermal Epoxy the driver onto the back of the heatsink

Added insulation:

Head Assembled:

All assembled:

Add your 3 18650s! And PRESS DAT SWITCH!!!!

The great thing is that you can use the battery indicator to tell you when your batts are low, so NO GUESSING!

CONCLUSION:

This host is awesome. If you are in need of a flashlight i guarantee you will love it! The USB in/out function is awesome, and the thickness of the host is perfect for long runtimes, flashlight or laser

This will probably be sold, or it may be put into my collection

Who knows, but it is an AWESOME LASER and it was so much fun to build.

I hope you enjoyed this build, and i hope to build more soon!


:beer:
-KRNAZNBOY

 

[IsaacT]

Awesome! I love seeing new hosts! Keep em coming!

PS - In that one picture with it aimed at the wall, some of the light looks like smoke haha. Niceee.

 

[KRNAZNBOY]

Does it still charge using the USB?

You could of heat sinked the driver while you were setting it to 1.8. Then glued it to the main sink.

I use these to heat sink X Drives. They are beafy for the size and work really well Cheap too. 8 Pcs Copper Heat Sink Heatsinks Memory Cooler Fan for PC Computer DDR DDR2 RAM | eBay

Yes it uses a mini TP4056 circuit to trickle charge after 4.2v has been reached

How do you temporarily heatsink something on those sinks? I'm curious. :thinking:

Cause space constraints are present and i don't have room for such a large HS in addition to my main HS.

Thank for the suggestion
-Matt

 

[BowtieGuy]

Nice looking build Matt! I really like that host, do you have a link for it?

"Awww shit", you didn't do a review on the talking fish!

 

[KRNAZNBOY]

Nice looking build Matt! I really like that host, do you have a link for it?

"Awww shit", you didn't do a review on the talking fish!

Just look up "Jinheng" on fasttech

I think there is an American rebrand called the "Zuwit t6" but I'm not sure.

I will test the charge-in function later.

This is easily my favorite host. I could have drilled out the host and gotten an extra cm or two, but I was going for looks as well.

I gunna take this camping with me this weekend. See how it holds up on a full charge

Thanks

 

[ru124t]

Time for Mrcrouse to begin selling these as Plug and burn kits! First customer right here to be sure!!!! Then straight to DTR for one of those 4 or 5 watt woppers!!!!

 

[KRNAZNBOY]

Yep, this is going to go on sale soon, as well as some other stuff. I'm getting into quadcopters and i need some MOOLAH!

Look out for it on the BST section

-Matt

 

[ru124t]

quadcopter with multiple laser attack drone builf in your future???