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photovoltaic

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The tether on my laser broke tonight and the laser hit the floor and no longer works. I opened it up and found a piece of the diode rattling around. I'm not too hung up over a $30 laser but I was wondering if the driver is worth keeping.

The large chip is an op amp.. The back reads LD600-3.7-03A

If a better driver is available for 10-20$ I would rather buy one.
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There are many better drivers under $20. Contact user: Foulmist... He has awesome drivers. DTR also sells drivers too :)
 
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So you're saying that's a cheap garbage driver?? :cryyy: lol

That actually doesn't surprise me.. I plan on building a buck regulator soon but I will check theirs out for sure.
Thanks
 
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yep, its pretty much junk lol. these are drivers mass produced for (usually) pen modules. I'm guessing you got this out of a green pen?
 
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yea, nowadays you can get cheap overspec greens on ebay for like 5$, yet they are upwards of 100mW...Not the case for the one i just bought though lol! I followed a review on here, where the OP ordered several pens from this seller, and all were overspec. then i ordered one...was light 1 mW. not even a potentiometer on the driver....So i used Styropyro's hammer mod (one of his youtube videos) and that was that :D

But yea, I wouldn't go through the trouble of trying to reuse that driver, especially since you can get an x-drive, microboost, etc for ~20$.
 
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crazyspaz said:
yea, nowadays you can get cheap overspec greens on ebay for like 5$, yet they are upwards of 100mW...Not the case for the one i just bought though lol! I followed a review on here, where the OP ordered several pens from this seller, and all were overspec. then i ordered one...was light 1 mW. not even a potentiometer on the driver....So i used Styropyro's hammer mod (one of his youtube videos) and that was that :D

But yea, I wouldn't go through the trouble of trying to reuse that driver, especially since you can get an x-drive, microboost, etc for ~20$.
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Sounds like the sort of luck I have with products...
 
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I know right? was all pumped to get my 5$ 100mW green, turned it on....severe disappointment quickly followed. smashed it to bits and threw it away :D (well actually i tried harvesting the KTP but it just kind of exploded, so i smashed the whole thing)
 
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