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You can add some resistance, although with the 405nm diodes the voltage can vary by hundreds of mv, which requires quite a large amount of resistance (and its probably easier to just use separate regulators anyway)
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4 diodes better than 1. DIY Array on the cheap
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I just want to add, for anyone thinking of doing this, I have an idea that might make things a bit better, beam wise.
Rather than having your four beams in a 'line' next to each other, have two of the beams next to each other and bounce them off the very TOP of the mirror, and then raise two of the diodes a tiny bit and reflect them such that they BARELY pass over the top of the first two mirrors. This will give you a 'square' of four beams which will be much cleaner/easier to work with than a line of four spots.
Rather than having your four beams in a 'line' next to each other, have two of the beams next to each other and bounce them off the very TOP of the mirror, and then raise two of the diodes a tiny bit and reflect them such that they BARELY pass over the top of the first two mirrors. This will give you a 'square' of four beams which will be much cleaner/easier to work with than a line of four spots.
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GooeyGus said:
yea thats how mutch multiple diode systems work
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Wasnt that busted on MythBusters? =PRef said:
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Actually, they revisited that myth and marked it as "Plausible" :
