Recent content by furret

Hello. I didn't mean to cause this much of an uproar... The laser head is indeed seperate from the module, and the external power supply I can confirm works. This I know for a fact. I think it may be a case of the wiring, as suggested, so I'm going to run a multimeter over the casing to see...

It is no longer emitting a red glow. Thats the issue. However I think you are all right and it has just blown. It was just the fact that previously when ive blown up lasers, theres always been the red, dull light emitted- but the fact that this time there was nothing emitted at all had me...

1) 5V 2) 640 nm 3) powered by a DC power supply 4) Stent - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (although this isn't important)... is the laser being dead the same as the laser being blown? Why is there no dull red glow to it? Many thanks.

Ok let me set the scene... I am involved in a company that uses laser systems to measure the thickness of stents and such. Everything worked fine up until last week... Assumption: when a laser blows it emits a dull red glow. The laser in my system is not showing anything at all- no light is...