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Hi to all you people!
I've decided to make a red laser of DVD burner laser. I've made a driver like this one in picture:
http://wiki.wareznet.net/images/2/29/Driver.JPG
The problem is that I can't get enough light from laser diod. I supose that it should be powerful (cause it's been taken from DVD burner) but if i get just a little bit more light (reduce the resistence of variable resistor) the diod becomes hot and starts to smell. Another problem is that I don't know characteristic of that diod. I doubt I can get a nice ray in that way once when the light is focused. During a day you can't even see a laser dot on the wall of my room.
So, does anyone knows what is the problem and how can I fix it?
Thanks a lot!
One more thing:
sorry if there is another topic similar to this one... This is my first post...
I've decided to make a red laser of DVD burner laser. I've made a driver like this one in picture:
http://wiki.wareznet.net/images/2/29/Driver.JPG
The problem is that I can't get enough light from laser diod. I supose that it should be powerful (cause it's been taken from DVD burner) but if i get just a little bit more light (reduce the resistence of variable resistor) the diod becomes hot and starts to smell. Another problem is that I don't know characteristic of that diod. I doubt I can get a nice ray in that way once when the light is focused. During a day you can't even see a laser dot on the wall of my room.
So, does anyone knows what is the problem and how can I fix it?
Thanks a lot!
One more thing:
sorry if there is another topic similar to this one... This is my first post...