A - My soldering skills are basic, I've watched the "101" and searched (using the google bar) to see what advice I could find, I was left with (strip everything) or stuff specific to particular hosts.
B - Of all the info I'm learning the drivers/boards/circuits are the most complicated. I barley understand the diff between bucking/boosting and I haven't learned how a linear driver works.
In short I'm learning, learning quick, and I can no longer resist tearing stuff apart, buying flashlights/hosts and trying to stick with learning on the cheap parts first.
So to my problem.
I tore down this 14500 "host" and now I need to strip the board so it can serve as a direct current board for a driver.
This board has a clicky switch and a 3.5mm 5v charge port I want to keep.
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Is it really as simple as just stripping everything but the port and switch?
B - Of all the info I'm learning the drivers/boards/circuits are the most complicated. I barley understand the diff between bucking/boosting and I haven't learned how a linear driver works.
In short I'm learning, learning quick, and I can no longer resist tearing stuff apart, buying flashlights/hosts and trying to stick with learning on the cheap parts first.
So to my problem.
I tore down this 14500 "host" and now I need to strip the board so it can serve as a direct current board for a driver.
This board has a clicky switch and a 3.5mm 5v charge port I want to keep.
Is it really as simple as just stripping everything but the port and switch?