High Power LED Genie Driver

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The LED Genie is a buck style LED driver which has many advanced features which are not found in other drivers on the market. The biggest feature of the LED Genie is that it can be ordered in any level of current regulation, not just standard set values. This gives you complete control over the design of your light. For example you can run a 1 amp rated LED at 600mA for longer burn times or even 1250 mA if your design can deal with the extra heat generated when over driving the current. Another great feature which helps deal with the heat produced out of water or when over driving is the built in thermal protection. When the Genie detects the LEDs are warmer than normal it will only dim the light the required amount to help keep the light within safe limits. Read below to learn of the full list of features.

LED Genie features

• Allows LED's to be dimmed very easily to give massive burn times.
• Can be customized to any current regulation values, not just 700mA or 1 Amp.
• Low battery warning
• Battery over discharge protection
• Smart thermal protection which only dims the required amount to help protect overheating LED's
• Optimizes battery life, any extra voltage translates into more burn time not wasted heat
• Can achieve >95% efficiency at reducing high voltage down to your LED requirements
• Regulated DC current output
• Runs on 5 to 30 volts DC input
• Tolerant to short and open circuits
• Supports any type of constant or momentary switch including toggle, push, reed and piezo styles.
• No relay or other electronics are needed if reed or piezo switches are used.
• Can be mounted in the light head or in the canister in many different configurations to suit switch and other parameters of your light.

The LED Genie can be ordered in kit form or also as pictured above as a fully assembled unit ready to be used in your next light. The premade units come with screw terminals to make installation a breeze as no soldering is required , just insert the wires and screw the clamps shut.

Specs

Size: The PCB is 37.25mm in diameter and can have two sides cut off (see below photo for two red lines indicating areas to cut) to remove the mounting holes so that it can be placed into very small spaces. With the sides cut off it is possible to fit the LED Genie into pipes that are down to 30mm inside diameter, so no worries installing it inside a D cell sized maglite.

Input Voltage: Maximum of 30v DC and at least 5 volts.

Max LED Current: any value up to 9 amps max depending on component values.

How to Order

Before pressing the 'Buy Now' buttons below, please provide me with the following details in the supplied boxes.

1. Type and voltage of your battery pack, ie 14.4 volt nimh. This is required for the low battery warning.
2. Type of switch to be used, ie a piezo or a toggle.
3. Details of the type of LED and number of how many are used, ie 3 cree XRE in series. Please specify if they are in parallel or series or if your using a combination of both.
4. How much current do you want to run the LEDs at on the highest setting, ie 1000 mA

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	The full kit comes with all componets for you to assemble yourself (soldering and basic electronics skills are required) saving you labor costs of having it assembled and tested before shipping. Takes less than an hour to build and install in your light. FREE Shipping world wide. Select switch type from box Piezo (momentary) $45.00 Toggle (constant) $45.00 Reed (momentary) $45.00 Reed (constant) $45.00 Enter your battery and LED details here.
	The 'Premade LED Genie' comes fully assembled and tested as pictured to the left. It ships as standard with screw terminals fitted to the pcb allowing anyone to install it without any soldering just insert the wires and use a screwdriver to tighten the connection. FREE Shipping world wide. Select switch type from box Piezo (momentary) $70.00 Toggle (constant) $70.00 Reed (momentary) $70.00 Reed (constant) $70.00 Enter your battery and LED details here.

FAQ

Will the LED Genie raise the voltage above the battery voltage, is it a boost LED driver ? No, the LED Genie is a buck design which is a lot more efficient than a boost design giving longer burn times than a boost driver. This means the LED Genie can only reduce the power not increase it, so your battery needs to be at or above the LED's forward voltage spec for the LED to reach its full brightness. An example of this is 3 cree XRE LEDS is series which requires 3.7 x 3 = 11.1 volts or higher from the battery for full brightness. Each LED has a 3.7 volt forward voltage. You can run these very well on a 10 cell nimh pack as for 90% of the time it will be 12 volts or above and as the battery goes flat below the 11.1 volts the light will still work at a dimmed level of light and give a longer burn time as the LED uses less current as the voltage drops.

Can the temp threshold be adjusted or disabled ? You can cut the temp sensor off the pcb to disable any monitoring, or to adjust its threshold you can adjust the value of 1 resistor. This can be changed at any time even when the light is in use with a variable resistor. This allows you to fine tune the temperature protection depending on where you mount the sensor, or if your building a DIY bike light which does not have water to cool the light head.

Photos

Picture of the heatsink from the rear, drilled out to reduce weight and also to create room for the cut down LED Genie which has the temp sensor positioned to read directly from the rear of the LED mounted area.

This picture shows the LED's glued to the heatsink with the 8 degree lens assembly.

This picture is of the finished CNC machined light head with the LED fitted into a MR11 sized housing. A great light head which is small, light weight and very powerful. The board can fit into any mr11 light head or D cell sized maglite.