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4 PIN laser diode?

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So I tore apart my DVD burner and got the laser diode out. It has 4 PINS on it. Has anyone seen this before? What pins do I hook up to the power? If anyone can help me please let me know.
 





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Oh hey man you are from youtube. Great videos BTW. I dont have a camera to take a pic with. :-/ But yeah It looks like a normal laser diode and there are 4 PINS on it.
 
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o_DEATH_ANG3L_o said:
Oh hey man you are from youtube. Great videos BTW. I dont have a camera to take a pic with. :-/ But yeah It looks like a normal laser diode and there are 4 PINS on it.
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thanks man. that one vid is not good to follow ::), but the amount of views is pretty cool lol.

hmm. I would guess it looks like this? I have never seen one, I Just googled this ! Sorry man I have NO CLUE! :-/

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It is a player, not a burner. The diode will not do squat...sorry.
 
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They aren't very common, but occasionally you find 4 pin diodes. Normally there are 3 pin with a pin shared between the laser diode and photodiode. With a 4 pin diodes they are isolated. Unfortunately I can't tell you what pins do what on that diode, sorry.
 
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If it looks like the picture, you can see that one pin is actually connected to the casing, that is your ground or negative, and you need a multimeter with diode testing mode or ohmeter to test the pins and see which one works...
 
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hey its not odd i found a like 12mm 10-pin laser diode in my old early 90's cd player and i dont know what the hell to do with it
 
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paper183 said:
If it looks like the picture, you can see that one pin is actually connected to the casing, that is your ground or negative, and you need a multimeter with diode testing mode or ohmeter to test the pins and see which one works...
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How would you test the diode with a multimeter thats got a diode testing mode in it? And what would it do would it light the diode or give you a reading of what mw or ma it is or what ever? Sorry i am dumb! and inexperienced...  :p
 
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Sometimes, the newer 4 pin diodes will have combined IR and visible diode chips integrated into one package...that is how teh blu-ray diodes are, and the way the market could be heading for cheaper manufacturing costs...can you imagine an all in one diode that has blu-ray, red, Ir, Green, etc ? That would be pretty cool to see the technology progress that far !

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SenKat said:
Sometimes, the newer 4 pin diodes will have combined IR and visible diode chips integrated into one package...that is how teh blu-ray diodes are, and the way the market could be heading for cheaper manufacturing costs...can you imagine an all in one diode that has blu-ray, red, Ir, Green, etc ? That would be pretty cool to see the technology progress that far !

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That will open the door for the "Handheld laser projector" Full with all the colors and everything needed to make it work... ;D Dreaming is only good 1/5 the time... ::)

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-W|tch-Doct0r- said:
[quote author=paper183 link=1189190965/0#9 date=1189210865]If it looks like the picture, you can see that one pin is actually connected to the casing, that is your ground or negative, and you need a multimeter with diode testing mode or ohmeter to test the pins and see which one works...
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How would you test the diode with a multimeter thats got a diode testing mode in it? And what would it do would it light the diode or give you a reading of what mw or ma it is or what ever? Sorry i am dumb! and inexperienced... :p[/quote]
Diode testing mode or simply ohmmeter (they are usually the same on the multimeter) will only tell you if current goes between the 2 pins you touch
 
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