x driver

Ok haveing some trouble on the drive it has LD- LD+ and then has v- v+ where do I soldering my wires and how do I earth it from the driver back?? Please help me...

OK so the LD+ and LD- is where you solder the leads from the laser diodes positive and negative lead, the V+ and V- is
where you would hook the supply voltage from the battery and the power switch or ground.

Maybe you should do a little more searching and see how other people are doing it, look for some laser build reviews.

If you can't get it don't get frustrated this isn't an easy thing to do, just ask for some more help I like to help

Good luck :wave:

cbman32 said:

Ok haveing some trouble on the drive it has LD- LD+ and then has v- v+ where do I soldering my wires and how do I earth it from the driver back?? Please help me...

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LD is to the diode and V is to the power source. Not sure what you mean by earth it.

The ground...

DTR said:

LD is to the diode and V is to the power source. Not sure what you mean by earth it.

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Flaminpyro said:

The ground...

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Yea I got that I was trying to get him to be more descriptive. If he is asking how to make connection with ground in his setup need to know more about the setup.

I wonder if the OP by ground means "Does my X-Drive need to be thermal epoxied to the chassis so it doesn't overheat" and is wondering which device on the board needs to be epoxied?

If you want to sink an X-drive you would want to attach the 8 pin chip to your main heatsink or host body with thermal adhesive. This build thread illustrates it very well.:beer:
http://laserpointerforums.com/f52/3w-menace-80985.html#post1163341