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Use Driver from DX green for red burner?

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Hello everyone :cool:

I have a driver board from a dead DX 50mw green(APC style). Can I use this to power a red diode from a DVD burner? If so, I have everything I should need to build myself a red burner(NO idea on the resulting power). Of course the APC part would be useless, but oh well..lol.

What I have is Aixis modules on the way, the driver board, and a long open can diode from a plain 'ol 48x CD burner. Hopefully the Aixis module will fit into the case of the DX50...although I bet the battery life on 2 AAA batteries will suck, if it even allows enough power to burn..

Will this work, or am I barking up the wrong tree?
 





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:'(NOPE!

I tried that one, I think the voltage is to low on those. I tried with 5 or so boards before giving up :mad:
 
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Damn.. figures.. lol

Any recommendations on a good driver to get? Or just use the instructions for the MXDL 300mw driver?

I plan on building one of the MXDL builds in the future, but am alot closer to this at the moment, since I already have this diode and Aixis modules on the way. I figure it will be a learning experience before I go for the REAL build. ;D
 
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Argh.. it appears my phuckin diode is dead anyhow... tried powering it simply off batteries and no dice. LOL that prolly explains why the drive was dead.. although it wouldn't even spin up..
 
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News flash****** Another diode killed by being connected straight to terminals of batteries****
A spokesman for LPF said " I thought we had made it clear that doing this was a recipe for disaster"
A member of the forum said " How many poor LD's need to die before people learn that you must use a driver.
From reuters international news desk..... The Australian government are producing a leaflet which will direct people to a well known metacafe video showing how to make a laser burner, they hope by doing this that everyone who has purchased high power laser diodes will blow them straight away and so get them out of circulation.....
 
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rog8811 said:
News flash****** Another diode killed by being connected straight to terminals of batteries****
A spokesman for LPF said " I thought we had made it clear that doing this was a recipe for disaster"
A member of the forum said " How many poor LD's need to die before people learn that you must use a driver.
From reuters international news desk..... The Australian government are producing a leaflet which will direct people to a well known metacafe video showing how to make a laser burner, they hope by doing this that everyone who has purchased high power laser diodes will blow them straight away and so get them out of circulation.....
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LOL.. I knew this of course.... BUT, this was a 6 yr old drive, and I did look up the specs on the diode, which should have been safe powering it up as I did.

Now, had this been a NEW drive or diode, I wouldnt have even thought it..
 
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Glaserfan said:
LOL.. I knew this of course.... BUT, this was a 6 yr old drive, and I did look up the specs on the diode, which should have been safe powering it up as I did.

Now, had this been a NEW drive or diode, I wouldnt have even thought it..
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What were the specs?? If you are reffering to the spec voltage, that really doesn't matter, it's the amount of current you put into it. So as long as you keep the current right, it doesn't matter if you put in 3 volts or 50 volts for that matter.

Oh the DX driver won't work because it only puts out enough voltage to power an IR laser diode, which is less than the lasing voltage of a DVD burner laser diode.
 
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I'll have to look the specs back up.. somewhere in the area of 4.7v(it was late and I was half awake..) I used a pair of slightly worn but not dead AAA alkaline batteries, thinking of the current spike issue.

I kinda figured about the DX driver.. but it doesn't hurt to hope.

I did play it smart though.... this was only an old 48x CDRW drive(no DVD capability at all). It was 6 yrs old, wouldn't even spin up. I am kinda thinking it detected that the laser diode was dead anyhow, and didn't spin up for that reason. Being a computer guru, I know that can happen.

When I finally do order new diodes, or harvest one from a new drive, I won't even think of trying that.. but I figured what the hey.. old junk diode.. I might as well try it LOL :p I think we all know how much patience can suck when it comes to our lasers :D I'll have patience when it comes to the real build though..
 
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rog8811 said:
News flash****** Another diode killed by being connected straight to terminals of batteries****
A spokesman for LPF said " I thought we had made it clear that doing this was a recipe for disaster"
A member of the forum said " How many poor LD's need to die before people learn that you must use a driver.
From reuters international news desk..... The Australian government are producing a leaflet which will direct people to a well known metacafe video showing how to make a laser burner, they hope by doing this that everyone who has purchased high power laser diodes will blow them straight away and so get them out of circulation.....
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I was expecting it to end with "Tonight on 60 minutes" tic tok tic tok tic tok tic tok tic
 
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LOL.. you guys can be harsh.. but I suppose I deserve it.

I am learning, though, so all is good.
 
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It might not be dead at all, the diode form a cd burner will be ir, it wont be visible. Take a digital camera and see if the diode lights up when powering it.

...lazer... ;D ;D ;D
 
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wooooooolazer said:
It might not be dead at all, the diode form a cd burner will be ir, it wont be visible. Take a digital camera and see if the diode lights up when powering it.

...lazer... ;D ;D ;D
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The light from a CD burner is ~780nm, I have one at 100mW and you can clearly see the dot. It is about as bright as my first ever laser pointer (VERY weak)
 
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Hmm.. curious.. I learn something new everyday.

It'd be neat if I could make an infrared burner ;D.. Although maybe not- sounds dangerous.
 
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Glaserfan said:
Hmm.. curious.. I learn something new everyday.

It'd be neat if I could make an infrared burner ;D.. Although maybe not- sounds dangerous.
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The problem with 780nm is that there aren't goggles readily available, I have searched and haven't found anything for 780nm.
 
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