the light that forms its wide axis assuming that the light is widened at one area rather than cylindrical typical lights of this type may produce between 200 and 900 w of illumination power the board is maintained spaced from that heat as much as possible to prevent heat effects from the optical beam in a second embodiment there is a second board 140 preferably the two boards have substantially comparable hardware profiles and balance relative to one another both of the boards are the same type of boards and can be replaced in the same way in this way if heavier or lighter components are used on either board comparable components can be used on the other board to maintain balance in the system according to a third embodiment the board which includes the circuitry controlling the various parameters can be electrically reconfigured the board 200 is shown in fig2 the board is shown as including programmable logic 205 a slot 210 for example receives a usb or other flash memory 215 or a memory stick or other removable memory intended for digital camera use a program on the removable memory 215 allows reconfiguration of the programmable logic this allows more advanced functions or different kinds or functions of circuits to be obtained for example the programmable logic can be reconfigured to form more complex dsps as the processing power of the light needs to increase in addition the programmable logic board 205 can itself be upgraded with either more advanced circuits or with more circuitry or more advanced circuitry in an embodiment for.