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But before you kill your diode: It will work...for 1 second...then POP! You get a nice LED
It will work...for 1 second...then POP! You get a nice LED
You probably can't burn anything because the laser probably isn't focused to a fine enough point. Do you have an adjustable focus lense of some sort on it?
Ok, but if you do not have a regulated current going to the diode then you probably already have killed it. Also, that is probably too low of a voltage. The diode probably need around 3.5V, I am not totally positive on that though.