Hmmmmm - I do not think it will work....last I heard, the solitair does not have a boost circuit in it, (this is the single AAA model, right ?) and as such only puts out 1.5 volts
It does not have a boost circuit, but I'm going to design my own! Instead of only running off of a normal 1.5 volts battery I"m going to probably use a rechargable lithium, such as this one: http://www.batteryjunction.com/10440.html
Lets say you use a 200 mW laser, this thing should last at least an hour, right? I'm going to use a red laser diode, so that's around 2.9 volts, so I actually need to build a buck circuit, thus lengthening the life of the battery.
Oh, and can I modify a cheap cr123A charger to accept a Lithium AAA from the same comp to accept it (just make it so the AAA fits) would it work?
that looks like a perfect solution! I think that if I buy them from DX I'm going to have to take it off of the board, there isn't enough room in the solitare.
Everything should fit! I left a little bit of room for a protection circuit, does anybody know of a tiny IC that protect Lithium-ions that has extremeley little or no external components?