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Let's clear up most common mistake here...Ok guys, i finally built u my first driver ( on a breadboard ) and hooked it up with a 9v and my 8x diode, turns out that the blue tinted one was a red one, and by looking at it through my camera the other one looked as if it was IR bcause it was MUCH brighter in the cam, although it was emitting some ~650nm light, is this right or are they both reds?
IR diodes from dvd writers (or cd or hd or bluray) are NOT invisible.
They can be seen as very dark red, dim color.
As far as my experiance goes, the blue tinted window diode is the red one.