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Got bored friday so i scraped together some old used parts to make this......
I filled the aixiz module hole with solder, and carved a new hole by hand with an xacto knife to make a thru-hole, and then a slightly larger flat head screw driver to make a lip for the diode to sit in....it actually worked out rather well.
First attempt the diode sat at a bit of an angle, so i slid it back out a little, and then repressed with with the back end of the aixiz module to get it to sit evenly.
This laser is made with a used dorcy jr heatsink which i filed down by hand to get it to fit inside the host.
A USED fixed current rkcstr driver, and 2x 14500 batteries.
The rkcstr driver is only set at 250mA because i have no idea what these diodes can push.....i Haven't noticed any heat during duty cycles though so i assume 250mA is low for this diode.
OH, this host in the video is my next upcoming kit
right after i had set it, solder dust all over the place. I had to snip the unused pin to get the driver in the right position. The pins are so close together i couldn't get the driver in between them.
I filled the aixiz module hole with solder, and carved a new hole by hand with an xacto knife to make a thru-hole, and then a slightly larger flat head screw driver to make a lip for the diode to sit in....it actually worked out rather well.
First attempt the diode sat at a bit of an angle, so i slid it back out a little, and then repressed with with the back end of the aixiz module to get it to sit evenly.
This laser is made with a used dorcy jr heatsink which i filed down by hand to get it to fit inside the host.
A USED fixed current rkcstr driver, and 2x 14500 batteries.
The rkcstr driver is only set at 250mA because i have no idea what these diodes can push.....i Haven't noticed any heat during duty cycles though so i assume 250mA is low for this diode.
OH, this host in the video is my next upcoming kit
right after i had set it, solder dust all over the place. I had to snip the unused pin to get the driver in the right position. The pins are so close together i couldn't get the driver in between them.
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