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5mW ghetto supercapacitor cat laser

Thread starter ilovegm
Start date Nov 26, 2012

Nov 29, 2012

ilovegm

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ApexProxy said:
A capacitor is basically a battery that is designed to charge and discharge rapidly and many thousands of times. His use of the giant capacitor is basically a quick charge battery.

Yep yep, couldn't have phrased it better

But for a laser diode, 1.5F is too little, but I guess running it for too long is bad for the diode.