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Contact Info:
EternaLights, LLC
Sales and Repair
1711 Maple Road
Defiance, IA 51527
(712) 627-4603
Mon-Fri: 9am-4pm Central
EMAIL US
Technology Associates Inc.(remembered)
The EternaLight assets of Technology Associates, Inc.
have been transfered to EternaLights, LLC. All orders
and services issues will be handled by them.
History:
In 1992,
Thomas Hoops and Derone Bryson founded Technology Associates.
In 1994, their partnership incorporated under the name
of Technology Associates, Inc. Between 1993 and 2000,
Technology Associates successfully operated a small
chain of computer stores in the Reno/Sparks area which sold
and serviced computers.
Technology Associates was also one of the founding investors
in Great Basin Internet Services (GBIS), Northern Nevada's Largest
Independent internet service provider. In 1998, TA divested itself
of GBIS. In 2000, TA divested itself of it's retail stores
to pursue manufacturing of the EternaLight flashlight
and other related and unrelated products developed by Thomas Hoops
and Derone Bryson. In 2007,
the organization formerly known as Technology
Associates, Inc., founded by Thomas Hoops and
Derone Bryson in 1992 ceased to exist.
This site, operated by MondoBeyondo, Inc. is still a
functioning sales platform for the EternaLight products
manufactured and sold by EternaLights, LLC. However,
the remainder of the site remains as it was in it's finality before
the closing of Technology Associates, Inc.
Today Mr. Bryson operates a technology consulting firm
known as Mondobeyondo, Inc. (www.mondobeyondo.com). Mr. Hoops
is privately employed in a manufacturing company as
it's CTO. After working together since 1990, through their various
projects and partnerships, Mr. Hoops and Mr. Bryson are still best friends
and continue to explore new opportunities together.
EMAIL FOUNDER
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THE BOMB
20 WHITE LED Palm Flashlight!!!
This picture shows THE BOMB in action at a very very low setting so that the
camera could deal with it.
Just a flat pack of 4 AA cells (available from Radio Shack) with two
VersaLux Modules double sticky taped
on the back.
Backside, simple power switch. I will replace this with a thumbwheel pot/switch
when I find the right one (which I did down below). This unit should run about 6-8 hours full power on
a fresh set of batteries and let me tell you - it kicks ass!
I've slaved the second module to the first so they both respond
to just one power control. This is done easily by severing the trace to the
middle pole of the potentiometer of the slave and connecting the severed trace
to the center
pole of the master board. DO NOT REMOVE THE POTENTIOMETER WITHOUT REPLACING IT
entirely with an equivalent 10K.
If you want horsepower in a small package - this is it!
Finally, I've replaced the switch with a thumbwheel/switch pot combo. This really
works well and while it's placement may seem set high, it's the perfect height for
a thumb to manipulate it. A small piece of single sided copper clad cut and
then milled all the way through five times for five seperate pads for each leg of the
pot (Mouser#311-1204-10K www.mouser.com). Next step I guess is to make a thin
plexiglass shield to put around this monster - stay tuned!
If you would like to submit your VersaLux
project or project link
to this page, email us!
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