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Also, the image editor was updated, renders both wheels:

(more improvements are on my todo list)

Hey ho!
A couple of news before the holidays :)

First of all, Ledus Wheelus software ver. 0.567 is out, implementing the following features:
-Brightness slider added and it's possible to make the lights 20% brighter
-Auto brightness (aka smart battery management) added
-Battery lifetime increased by 10-15% in Auto mode (additional 2.5-3 hours of work)
-Maxi device support added
-Automatic self-updater added

'Auto brightness' mode both works longer than normal and tries to make the device brighter when the battery is drained. Double win!

Mr Sword: Been a bit busy. Yea, support is an important part :) and I have to say – all feedbacks/questions are quite useful.
KT Bee - see, that was quick!
lemonade: emmm.. probably the next Wednesday, send me an email and I'll ping you then.

MrDrem: Updated the site. As requested – now it's possible to add the selected image to a library multiple times. And to make playlists like
Image1 -> Image2 -> Image1 -> Image3 -> Image1 -> Image4 -> Image1 -> ...
Also fixed your lib, check it!

KT Bee: ah, thanks much! :) order processed and already on it's way to you!

MrDrem: 1. Yep, I've thought about that – also will be useful for animations. I'll try to update the site in the evening.

1. Email me a pic of your wheel, want to have a look. I have that huge 700c with 32 spokes as well – device sits near the rim. Let's work that out! :)
   

Khornight2, rogan: thanks much for the announce :) white ones are not on site, but I'll return them one of these days. I've posted a pic on Twitter how they look.

Also, the software update is planned in the next week or two – we want to optimize a battery management a bit – to extract 3-4 more hours of work from this tiny AAA batt (+10-15% to lifetime) – that's ambitious, but I think possible :)
One more thing – the 'Brightness' slider – it will be possible to add 25-40% to the current brightness (or decrease it to save power, or set it to 'smart battery management' mode). Will be released soon :)

MrDrem, hairnetnic - really glad to hear :) hope you enjoyed your bridges ride!
Khornight2 - yep, I'm reading new posts of course, it's just quicker to find me on email
rogan: whooops, gmail put it into spam box – just answered
-TA-: drop me a note if you're having difficulties with repairing – could be a warranty issue.
hairnetnic: Yesss! Happy that new software helped! And yea, bold letters on transparent (black) background look better, agree.

Made a video about wheel lights rain modes and how the device operates under water:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcclD2sMUmw

+software ver. 0.560 is out, please update.

As promised - software update ver. 0.559 with 2 'rain modes' is out (aka touch buttons lock)
First one disables touch buttons completely, so you can only turn device on (turning off is by unclicking the battery).
Second one adds Power Off by holding Power On – experimental though, in current design 'On' button is not wired to the chip, so that is tricky, done by measuring and averaging the internal 'band-gap' voltage diff – tried to do my best :)

Both modes just for testing. As for me, in drizzle the default mode is just okay. And I love touch buttons :)

One more thing – rain water as well as distilled water is a pretty bad conductor (unless you add salt of course), so generally it won't short circuit anything. But it can change capacitance of touch areas and between microchip pins as well.

Other than that, when a wheel is spinning, water is removed naturally with a centrifugal force. The faster you go – the bigger is the force, right? Personally I won't recommend covering devices with bags or tapes – they will gather all water inside :) Simply let centrifugal force do the trick!

Hi there! My two pennies' worth – ledus wheelus devices have touch-sensitive buttons onboard – Previous, Next, Pause and Off. They react on electrical capacitance change and what actually can happen there in heavy rain – drops of water can get onto 'Off' button and device switches off. If you ever dropped the water on a smartphone screen of laptop touchscreen area you know what I mean, that's perceived as a finger touch.

So, we decided to make a 'Rain mode' feature in which all touch buttons will be disabled and only clickable Power On button will work (+experimental code that will make Power On work also as Power Off, however that's a bit tricky :)) Will be added to the Ledus Wheelus software later this week and you'll be able to test it. Cannot guarantee that it will work for the swimming pool conditions, but probably will help :)

PS. Yup, that's me makin lights, thanks for all your feedbacks!