Right then, first of please no one call me a noob and refer me to stickies cause i'm after some specific info that isn't in them
Anyways i'm doing my first laser build and need some help. First off I work in a computer repair shop so i thought something needed doing with some of those old DVD drives we had out back. So i have selected a NEC ND-3520A drive (DVD R/RW, click for specs). And am currently in the process of extracting the diode from it (I have the SLED out etc so almost done, easy enough to figure out.)
Anyways my questions. does anyone know what type of diode is in this drive and what sort of power output i'm looking at? Oh and there was a tiny little plastic thing on the end of the diode that dropped off. When looked at i can see a slight purple sheen, is it bad this fell off?
Also after reding what i can i know a little. Am i going to need an Aixix module or something else to hold it? I can get this here but i'd rather a UK shop if anyone knows of any?
Also which driver would i need? i've heard of a rckstr driver but i have no idea where to buy one. Again hopefully a UK shop can sell me one of these. Also i'll need something to test my circuit with and i don't know much about testing
So much to learn. Lasergods i worship you :bowdown: Feel free to ask any questions if needed.
-Sean
Anyways i'm doing my first laser build and need some help. First off I work in a computer repair shop so i thought something needed doing with some of those old DVD drives we had out back. So i have selected a NEC ND-3520A drive (DVD R/RW, click for specs). And am currently in the process of extracting the diode from it (I have the SLED out etc so almost done, easy enough to figure out.)
Anyways my questions. does anyone know what type of diode is in this drive and what sort of power output i'm looking at? Oh and there was a tiny little plastic thing on the end of the diode that dropped off. When looked at i can see a slight purple sheen, is it bad this fell off?
Also after reding what i can i know a little. Am i going to need an Aixix module or something else to hold it? I can get this here but i'd rather a UK shop if anyone knows of any?
Also which driver would i need? i've heard of a rckstr driver but i have no idea where to buy one. Again hopefully a UK shop can sell me one of these. Also i'll need something to test my circuit with and i don't know much about testing
So much to learn. Lasergods i worship you :bowdown: Feel free to ask any questions if needed.
-Sean