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Hey, I just broke my green 5mW. :( But, I've also just recently decided I want to build my first red laser. So, my question is, could I use my green laser driver with a 16x DVD burner diode (and an axiZ)?
 





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nope :'( The IR diode uses less voltage, and the driver wont fire the red
 
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Ok, thanks anyway. :( Guess I'll have to buy a seperate one. Any reccomendations? I'm under 18, and a lot of them I've seen say 18 or over. :mad:
 
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randomlugia said:
Ok, thanks anyway.  :( Guess I'll have to buy a seperate one. Any reccomendations? I'm under 18, and a lot of them I've seen say 18 or over.  :mad:
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What?
Don't mention that you're under 18.. and nobody will ask.
I'm sure that a few people wouldn't sell me laser supplies/lasers if they knew I was 14 ;)
 
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I will try. ;D But still, any reccomdations? I don't have a solder gun, so it has to be already together. I like the ones at Stonetek, but you have to put them all together. :'(
 
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randomlugia said:
I will try.  ;D But still, any reccomdations? I don't have a solder gun, so it has to be already together. I like the ones at Stonetek, but you have to put them all together.  :'(
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Buy a soldering iron at Radioshack for like $8. It is very tricky at first, but you will get used to it. If you cannot solder, I would recommend NOT attaching the driver to the diode pins, as this connection is crucial to the diode, and soldering provides the best connection.
For the driver, the two main drivers are the Lavadrive and Microdrive, the microdrive is the surface mount one on Stonetek. You can buy the microdrives pre-assembled from Rkcstr at the Buy/Sell/Trade section.
 
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Yes Artix that's the diode I was getting. And about the driver, I'm guesing the black and white wires connect to the diode...? How do you connect the batteries?
 
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Yes Artix that's the diode I was getting. And about the driver, I'm guesing the black and white wires connect to the diode...? How do you connect the batteries?
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You solder the board directly onto the diode. The wires are for the batteries. With a pen style (flashlight style, w/e) the connection is simple. For a box style, you would need a battery holder.
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Sooo, two of the pins go to one side of the driver, and one goes to the other? Sorry, this is my first build. :-/
 
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No, you only use two pins. One for positive, and one for negative. On some drivers and diodes there is a photodiode pin used for controlling output, but not on the Rkcstr driver.
 
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Okay, so I cut off the extra pin, and put one to each side of the driver?
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You just need to hook up positive to positive and negative to negative. You can cut off the extra pin, you don't need to though.
 
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That sounds easy. ;D I hope it's labled... Yeah, I'm using a flashlight. I've already figured out what to do, and I can't wait for everything to get here! Oh, and it will last more than a month, right? I know they don't without the driver.
 
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I second the motion on getting a soldering iron. Get some practice with it soldering hookup wire together, unsoldering components from the board from an old TV or monitor, etc. When you are comfortable soldering , you will have no problem attaching your diode. A cheap 25w iron will let you make many electronic devices. You could, for instance, begin making your own LM317 drivers using daedal's schematic from this site.
 
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The diode pins aren't labeled, but the pinouts of most diodes can be found on the forum. And yes, if you use a driver, then your laser will last a long, long time. If you run the diode at a high current, then you want to watch for a duty cycle (how long to keep the laser on before letting it cool).
 
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