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About 16X senkat And I laser I bought

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Hi all,
so finally my diode is arrived.
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LOL and now? I read many threads about building driver ciruit for that but I'm confused.
Can some asy me a link to one thread for a circuit for that diode? Is it possilb eeto construct it with components I can find on old mainboards?
For driver i have a mini maglite and a driver of an old red laser (I can't open it damn) isgood for my diode? I have to use old laser lens for the diode?

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LAst month I bought a lser on ebay (copmleted) and the write say is a 532nm (so green) max output 240mW.
I paid 20 dollars so is it possible that is so powerful?
I can see far with it but 240mW seems too much.
Thanks for attention
 





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i can only answer the ebay question - almost all ebay lasers are scams, and you're almost certainly not getting 240mW. it's probably not IR filtered, and could be outputting a lot of IR with very little green, and may even be a 5mW green that's been modded to go higher and therefore will quickly die. but at least you didn't pay more than $20 for it :) maybe if you post some pics of the ebay laser, others can tell you more about it?
 
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that picture is probably too close up to tell - any chances of a picture of the whole thing?
 

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attention to detail is what will make a scam work. not hard to remove a diode and replace it with a crap one or put a sticker somewhere it doesnt belong. what you need to do is have the laser tested for its actual output. till then if you are going to use it be very careful :cool:
 
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But I can't open it I try but nothing seems like soldered.


Noone che help me for a guide for the diode?
 

JECS

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not being able to open it could mean a few things. like the manufacturer didnt want you to play with it, or someone else tampered with it and they didnt want you to be able to see what they did. you need to test it with a power meter.
 

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mikfaina said:
so finally my diode is arrived.
1)
LOL and now? I read many threads about building driver ciruit for that  but I'm confused.

Lol, while I was waiting for mine I looked up all the driver needs and stuff. When my diode came I had all the caps, resistors, and batteries to specification ready. Just tried it out for the first time a few minutes ago and its working good. :)
 




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