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ArcticDude
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Guide: Where to buy 18650 & 26650 Li-Ion batteries
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RedCowboy
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Open Source boost driver and buck driver
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Hiemal
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How laser diode drivers work; An Explanatory Thread
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Andratos95
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Trevor
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Driver Specifications Compendium
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LaserMicroscope
LaserMicroscope
drlava
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How healthy are your batteries? (How to measure internal resistance)
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hakzaw1
hakzaw1
JayC
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What battery does my laser need?
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lasersbee
lasersbee
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How can I drive a laser diode at 1MHz for a speed of light experiment?
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kecked
kecked
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Boost converter for powering on a reverse camera
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pados1002_Alex_13
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Purchasing test loads for drives
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kecked
kecked
Z80 Lasers
Cheap Chinese Knockoff Batteries of Cheap Chinese Batteries
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Encap
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LASER DIMMING AFTER 3 mins
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paul1598419
paul1598419
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Is LM338 reliable for powering lasers
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AaronT
2W RGB handheld idea.
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Deleted member 46822
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How to get correct voltage
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RedCowboy
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Basic Buck Driver Help
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Deleted member 57455
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CoolLaserUser
Old DVDs laser diodes
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CoolLaserUser
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Small batch of 4A buck drivers coming soon in early October.
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Can I hot-wire bias current for this driver?
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Johanneson Apple
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help with 1.6w driver from ali/ebay
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Amak87
Amak87
LtKernelPanic
22600 replacement options
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Deleted member 46822
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Z80 Lasers
Potassium-ion Batteries - Game Changer?
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Blarg King
Blarg King
Amak87
22mm Convoy 6v/8.25A driver mod
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Z80 Lasers
Z80 Lasers
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Low voltage, HC driver for a coherent FAP module?
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atomd
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Need a driver for a 975nm IR diode. Max Vf 2.5v, Max If 600ma
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Astralist
Astral Driver - Buck, Boost, & Buck-Boost
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Astralist
Astralist
Tr4hard_Lazer
Driving two coherent fap modules in series
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kecked
kecked
LEDbeam
Ok to charge a 14500 in a AA charger?
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paul1598419
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Battery amps and brand
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LEDbeam
LEDbeam
Alien Laser
3-5 Modes driver's
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paul1598419
paul1598419
Alien Laser
Need 808/850nm Laser driver + Other
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paul1598419
paul1598419
LEDbeam
Is this battery safe for lasers?
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LEDbeam
LEDbeam
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Need help with 905nm Pulsed laser driver
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atomd
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Inertia
How do I fit my laser module in a torch case
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Inertia
Inertia
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Led driver as a NUBM44-V2 driver
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nicata
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loreadarkshade
New JLasers 11mm JLB4855 4.2v boost driver
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Borislav@87
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Question about this driver
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Borislav@87
Borislav@87
Borislav@87
Test Driver 560mini 5V/5A 1$
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paul1598419
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New exciting drivers coming soon!
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RedCowboy
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Custom battery charger
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paul1598419
paul1598419
loreadarkshade
New JLasers JLB5A 4.2v Boost Driver 2-5 A (15mm, 17mm, 20mm, 22mm)
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Darktron
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Why are Microcontrollers used with laser diode drivers?
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paul1598419
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IR vs Blue/Green Laserdiode-drivers?
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RedCowboy
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850nm laser diode power supply
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Mannitu78
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poseidon05
Problem with positive case pin and negative host
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Lifetime17
Lifetime17
Lifetime17
What happened to all the Astral drivers ?
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Z80 Lasers
Z80 Lasers
polarbeam488
How to drive 60W laser array, and make dummy load.
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RedCowboy
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Fully open source drivers! Both buck and boost!
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Wattmeter for adjusting a Driver?
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RedCowboy
RedCowboy
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How to make a simple PWM/TTL laser driver circuit for making grey scale engravings/markings?
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RedCowboy
RedCowboy
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450nm NUBM44/47 Test Load Question
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Firez
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Drop voltage too hight
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RedCowboy
RedCowboy
Philipnzw
Super tiny boost driver for greens.
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Z80 Lasers
Z80 Lasers
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Flash sale: 4A 10mm x 15mm buck driver!
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Deleted member 57455
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Now I can do 30 volts at 30 amps
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Anthony Volkman
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Marco Botha
What does a laser diode need
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Alessandros
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Laser diode driver
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Darktron
Darktron
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Lipo battery for running an NUBM37
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RedCowboy
RedCowboy
polarbeam488
Driver for an RGB laser, optlasers schematics?
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paul1598419
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Flash driver sale, 4A buck, 800mA boost
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Deleted member 57455
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Fast laser switching causing damage to diode?
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atomd
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Driver for NUBM31 and for similar MDP chips sold on ebay/ali
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additude
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Setting up first SXD Super X-Drive to NUBM44
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additude
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easiest route to analogue control of ttl rgb laser.
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paul1598419
paul1598419
wolfram
X-drive sxd V3 resister bridging
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wolfram
wolfram
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Driver question. Exceed Vf if using PWM control?
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Arcygenical
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Help: TTL for laser control
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RedCowboy
RedCowboy
Alien Laser
Driver to Power 23 diodes
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Alien Laser
Alien Laser
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Setting a Driver Current with the Laser Diode Connected
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WizardG
WizardG
Borislav@87
Is there a driver for this 8W 808nm laser diode?
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RedCowboy
RedCowboy
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Source for Blackbuck 8M driver?
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smana
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Best driver for Sharp 488nm GH04850B2G
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RedCowboy
RedCowboy
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Best Soldering Practices for Drivers
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smana
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Alien Laser
Need Help Identifying Driver's
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Alien Laser
Alien Laser
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ACS4500BU driver Vin = 6V-14V; will this act as a low voltage battery protector for 2 batteries in series?
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smana
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Thorsteenster
Battery long term storage levels
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Thorsteenster
Thorsteenster
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Any good sources of 12mm boost (aaa host) pill drivers that can do 1-2a.
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loreadarkshade
3.7v Boost Laser Driver Circuit - 1.2A (445nm 450nm 520nm)
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Unown (WILD)
Unown (WILD)
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Test load tips but not laser related
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pados1002_Alex_13
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Replacement battery questions.
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Unown (WILD)
Unown (WILD)
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Yet another noob question about batteries and chargers
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burnedup69
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Sumfinclever
Trying to identify these tiny drivers.
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Sumfinclever
Sumfinclever
Bbe
Looking for brave laserists to test the boost driver
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Unown (WILD)
Unown (WILD)
KRNAZNBOY
Basic Electronics Questions. AMC7135
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thanhtung
thanhtung
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Small video on my channel about the open source drivers of mine, updated files with readmes and fabrication gerbers
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icecruncher
The ABSOLUTE Cheapest Proper Diode driver
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Mannitu78
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Integrate DMX board to a microcontroller
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wouterjesse
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loreadarkshade
488-505nm Boost Driver
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loreadarkshade
loreadarkshade
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searching driver for IR diode
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nartrof
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What driver can I use to supply 3A?
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Andrew124C41
Ebay Driver
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Borislav@87
Borislav@87
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Best driver to run 3A - 5A for blue diodes
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Borislav@87
Borislav@87
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Ugh anybody need a driver? seems like hardly anyone is doing builds nowadays...
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icecruncher
icecruncher
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Single or double batteries for my Sanwu Challenger II 520nm 1W laser pointer?
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Unown (WILD)
Unown (WILD)
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My problems were batteries! Solved! I hope.
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icecruncher
icecruncher
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How to make a Driver laser?
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icecruncher
icecruncher
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New drivers coming!
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Unown (WILD)
Unown (WILD)
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I can’t get my first laser to work :/
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Gadget
SXD question....
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Lifetime17
Lifetime17
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How to connect HeNe laser DC supply with three input wires--red, black and purple/violet?
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whatthephoton
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julianthedragon
Leaving out Lithium Ion Batteries
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Unown (WILD)
Unown (WILD)
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any difference between a "Laser diode driver" and a regular "step-down/buck"?
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paul1598419
paul1598419
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16340 practical batteries and charger
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Unown (WILD)
Unown (WILD)
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How does my Buck hold up to a X-drive V6?
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Deleted member 57455
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mAh of 18350 for sanwu 304 445nm 1.6w laser
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Mathewe
Diode Driver and power supply Tuning
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paul1598419
paul1598419
Mathewe
Linear vs Switching Power Supplies
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Mathewe
Mathewe
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