Micro Boost Driver Calibration help

I am currently trying to build a 405 laser pointer I have a

Micro BoostDrive DC/DC Converter Portable Laser Driver
Ultrafire 14650 battery

I am yet to order the diode or the lens. I wanted to make sure I could calibrate the driver properly before spending a good portion of money on a diode.
Thus we come to the problem. I hooked up the driver to a test load of six lN4001 diodes and a 1 Ohom resistor in series to my driver. The driver is set to 390-750 mA. When I attach the 14650 battery the reading I obtain across my load resistor is 20-40 mA depending on where the pot is turned to.

Any suggestion as to why my output current is low. I'm sorry I cannot supply any pictures I do not have a camera that would be able to take a picture worth posting.

Thank you for any suggestions you may be able to offer.

There are some set resistors in the back and you must solder a bridge corresponding to the output you want. Make sure you do a good job soldering that as those are tiny resistors that could easily come off with your soldering iron. Check the boost drive datasheet for the correct solder bridge
Hope I could help

And I see it's your first post too so,
Welcome to the forum enjoy your stay, learn something new and be safe :beer:

-Anthony

You won't need to solder on the smaller resisitors as the previous post suggested for that range. It is a really easy one. There is one large resistor on the back and a contact area next to it. Bridge it with solder according to the yellow line in this picture.

DTR said:

You won't need to solder on the smaller resisitors as the previous post suggested for that range. It is a really easy one. There is one large resistor on the back and a contact area next to it. Bridge it with solder according to the yellow line in this picture.

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I'm not too familiar with that driver so you should take DTR's suggestion. Sorry for giving you the wrong info..... Thanks for correcting me :beer: now I know


-Anthony

I have soldered the bottom resistor shown in your post and yet it is still only giving me a range of 20-40 mA. Thank you for the suggestion DTR and AnthoT.

ncm said:

I have soldered the bottom resistor shown in your post and yet it is still only giving me a range of 20-40 mA. Thank you for the suggestion DTR and AnthoT.

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It could be the test load but that sounds like it is still in the first mode. You are sure the solder bridge is making good contact?

It seems to be a good connection but I will try to borrow a camera tomorrow so I may post some pictures of both the test load and the driver, Thank you again.

With a closer inspection using a magnifier one of the resistors was shorted to ground with a small speck of solder causing the micro boost driver to look as though it was in the first mode. Thank you again for all your help