Tux
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I wouldn't call myself a complete noob when it comes to lasers, but I do require some assistance in building one from scratch. Just to be clear Im going to be a senior in high school and the top science class I have had is AP physics, so i will understand the basics pretty well.
Ok down to business, right now I have started to build a driver for a KEM 401 ACA PS3 blu-ray diode. I got the driver and ever thing hooked up on a bread board to one of the two laser diodes I extracted. I put the laser diode in one of my old green laser housings that was rated at 5mw. It wasn't working at first so i removed the voltage regulator from the circut and low and behold it worked, but something was wrong, the beam wasn't focused at all and after I put the lense over it the beam was to weak to escape.
The circutry I used came from this youtube video. I bought all the exact parts as he did.
YouTube - DIY: How to build a laser diode driver
Im sure you guys have seen this before.
Also If there are any other household objects that have laser diodes worth extracting let me no as well.
Cheers
Ok down to business, right now I have started to build a driver for a KEM 401 ACA PS3 blu-ray diode. I got the driver and ever thing hooked up on a bread board to one of the two laser diodes I extracted. I put the laser diode in one of my old green laser housings that was rated at 5mw. It wasn't working at first so i removed the voltage regulator from the circut and low and behold it worked, but something was wrong, the beam wasn't focused at all and after I put the lense over it the beam was to weak to escape.
The circutry I used came from this youtube video. I bought all the exact parts as he did.
YouTube - DIY: How to build a laser diode driver
Im sure you guys have seen this before.
Also If there are any other household objects that have laser diodes worth extracting let me no as well.
Cheers