Ok, so I've been lurking around this website researching the art of building lasers for quite a while now, and plan on buying some parts to make my first build soon. I have a few questions my time searching has failed to turn up, however.
1. I plan to modify a 2xAA flashlight to (eventually) house the laser. My questions is, if I'm using a PHR-803T 405nm diode and a microdrive, in order to get ~100mw out of the thing, would I be able to do so with AAs, or would I need to pick up some of those specialty lithium batteries I see making their rounds here? I'm really no electrical engineer, so stuff like this is foreign to me.
2. Regarding the host: speaking from experience, how difficult would you say it is to incorporate a laser into a custom host? Obviously this depends from host to host, so is the one I am considering: Small Sun ZY-203 LED Flashlight (2*AA Batteries) - DinoDirect.com
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1. I plan to modify a 2xAA flashlight to (eventually) house the laser. My questions is, if I'm using a PHR-803T 405nm diode and a microdrive, in order to get ~100mw out of the thing, would I be able to do so with AAs, or would I need to pick up some of those specialty lithium batteries I see making their rounds here? I'm really no electrical engineer, so stuff like this is foreign to me.
2. Regarding the host: speaking from experience, how difficult would you say it is to incorporate a laser into a custom host? Obviously this depends from host to host, so is the one I am considering: Small Sun ZY-203 LED Flashlight (2*AA Batteries) - DinoDirect.com
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