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Is it possible to make a blue laser beam with PS3?

danielbriggs

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Hi,

after seeing some laser assembiles on eBay for ~£40 for a PS3 laser(blu-ray) if I stuck it in a Aixiz housing or whatever, powered it up, would I get a super bright, blue laser with visible beam? Or would I get a blue dot? I take it that 10-20mw of blue laser light is not enough to burn is it?

Also, 'IF' I mangaged to get a blu-ray burner lens, what would the power of the beam be? Would it burnable? and would you see the beam? Does anyone have a tech sheet/ or guide?

Thanks,

Dan :)
 





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Re: Is it possible to make a blue laser beam with

Sorry to dissappoint, but blue, and blu-ray are apples and oranges. The only blue in blu-ray is the blue marketing people want you to think of when you hear the name. In truth, a blu-ray diode is ~405nm which puts it at the border between UV and violet. At 405nm, our eyes are not very perceptive so the dot would be faint, and the beam would be next to invisible without a lot of fog.

Normally blu-ray diodes from KES 400AAA units seem to be run in the 5-10mW range as much more can compromise the life of the diode. At that power you MAY be able to pop a balloon with some very careful focusing, but no, that really isn't enough power to burn anything.
 
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Re: Is it possible to make a blue laser beam with

I don't know why they call it blue ray, cause it's actually violet. The dot won't be very bright, but it will make lot's of things glow bright (like paper). And I'm not sure about putting one of those up to 20mW, you could fry it, but at 20mW you should be able to pop a balloon with a lens.
 
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Re: Is it possible to make a blue laser beam with

aww.... OK
I guess the idea sounded better than the reality. I'll stick with messing around with cheap DVD-Red, and then splash out on a propper green, the retail blue ones are WAYYYYY out of my price, the green
are pushing it! :)

BTW: Thanks for you advice/help


Dan :)
 
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Re: Is it possible to make a blue laser beam with

DB --

Look around here and CPF.  There are beam shots of home made blue ray pointers.  Learn how to build a red first -- the blue diodes are very touchy and it took some guys three tries to build one.  $ :( $ :(

Mike
 
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Re: Is it possible to make a blue laser beam with

if anyone is interested i know someone who has made a driver just for the PS3 405nm diode
 
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Re: Is it possible to make a blue laser beam with

andy_con said:
if anyone is interested i know someone who has made a driver just for the PS3 405nm diode
Click to expand...

I would like to see how it compares to Daedal's circuit - can you post the parts and schematics, or is this only a retail, "buy it pre-made" type of deal ?

G !
 
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Re: Is it possible to make a blue laser beam with

its die4laser so its excellent ;)
 
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Re: Is it possible to make a blue laser beam with

Okay, so you are talking about a ready made driver board for sale, then....GEESH ! Sometimes getting answers out of you is like pulling teeth from a crocodile ! LOL !!! No offense, of course :p

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Re: Is it possible to make a blue laser beam with

haha sorry, i dont mean to be unhelpful

well i dont know, i have just e-maile him to find out more, i dont know if he is selling them.

but they are ready made drivers just for ps3 405nm diodes
 
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Re: Is it possible to make a blue laser beam with

nononononnono ! You are NEVER "unhelpful" ! I just picture you for some reason sitting there, looking at the screen saying to yourself, " How many times can I make SenKat post before he PM's me ? " LOL !!! ;D ;D ;D

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Re: Is it possible to make a blue laser beam with

LOL no not at all.

i just dont know much about the driver thats all.

i know it has a 150ms soft start
 
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Re: Is it possible to make a blue laser beam with

The reason they call it blu-ray is becuase of the way it sounds. It sounds better than

"The all new PS3 With 405nm-ray disc reader"
 
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Re: Is it possible to make a blue laser beam with

@andy-con, did we ever hear about the driver for this? As an expectant father to twin blue babies I am keen to get the drive bit sorted :)

Regards rog8811
 
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Re: Is it possible to make a blue laser beam with

yep, there not for sale sorry
 
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