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Dan Oelke Dan Oelke is offline
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Re: DC-DC voltage converter for flashlight

Since this is powered by 4 AAA batteries in series - it shouldn't draw more current than what a single AAA could provide. I am having a hard time finding good numbers on that, but everything I have found has been way less than 1A so getting it from the digital sidecar is possible.

The more I think about it - the more I like it. It means one less component.

I assume that would then always have 6V present on that channel once I set the jumper? i.e. we couldn't turn the light on/off then???