Pinecill LED mod - flashlight/headlights
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I was spoiled by other cheap battery-operated irons that had LEDs so I decided to add a pair of spare 5mm white LEDs to Pinecil iron. I had them from a reverse backup camera and they were already prewired with a thin wire. 

- Vcc can be easily tapped from the leg of capacitor C8 or inductor L1.  (Vcc measured 4V for my Pinecil.) 
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- I added a 22 Ohm resistor to achieve about 22mA per LED:  (Rs = (Vbus-Vf)/If = (4V-3V)/20mA = 40 Ohm. )
- I positioned the resistor right above the tip core and glued it to the ground tab while avoiding making short anywhere (use insulation)
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- LED anode (+) is soldered to the resistor and cathode (-) to the ground tab. 
- I drilled two small holes under the rubber sleeve for the cables and 3Dprinted a bracket to position the LEDs. Here is the file in Fusion360 (with Manufacturing Environment for slicing and final tolerance adjustments )

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- Final result:
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Pinecill LED mod - flashlight/headlights - by dzid26 - 07-09-2022, 06:31 PM

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