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drlava
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How healthy are your batteries? (How to measure internal resistance)
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Driver Specifications Compendium
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JayC
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What battery does my laser need?
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How laser diode drivers work; An Explanatory Thread
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More help with finding a driver
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RedCowboy
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Advice on making driver for Nubm08 diode.
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RedCowboy
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Help with finding a driver
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SuckPit
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Help! diode driver not working.
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Cyparagon
Cyparagon
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Recommendation on driver to use for TTL with BDR-209
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zakelectric
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Blackbuck 6. 6 amp led or laser diode driver
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RedCowboy
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Alaskan
Appears all of the BlackBuck 8M Drivers are sold, anyone know where to find more?
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Gianakakis
Gianakakis
skijohn
how do you use a multimeter to test laser driver amperage output?
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Lifetime17
Lifetime17
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100 microsecond pulse with green laser 303 pointer
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Alaskan
Alaskan
Philipnzw
Super tiny boost driver for greens.
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Philipnzw
Philipnzw
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nubm44 driver that can be modulated with audio signal
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neodavid
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Help cheap laser no batteries
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Snecho
Snecho
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help with driver build..
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tedcs
tedcs
Gianakakis
Need Feedback on my 3A buck driver!
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Gianakakis
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Hermes Laser Cutter - What type of laser is? How to drive the laser power supply?
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Voltar1
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CW Laser diode Drivers - What are the important properties?
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Cyparagon
Cyparagon
Shiiru
Power supply min 110V 4A
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Cyparagon
Cyparagon
reloader45
How do you test your laser drivers?
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Lifetime17
Lifetime17
kuhny1
High Voltage Pulse Driver
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kuhny1
kuhny1
Alaskan
Tech Ingredients: Heat Sink Compounds Primer - More than you need to know about heat sink compounds YT Video.
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diachi
diachi
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Use pwm led drive for DVD laser diode
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RedCowboy
RedCowboy
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Testing ACS1500SE
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Cyparagon
Cyparagon
Anthony P
High Voltage Issues
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Anthony P
Anthony P
Dsmith
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aaronnoraa
aaronnoraa
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200pc 5v 650nm laser diode modules. Power source required? Budget build
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GSS
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BlackBuck 8M PWM Control
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DeathStarLaserGuy20
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Help making a test load for a diode laser
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paul1598419
paul1598419
Dsmith
Who sells test loads?
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paul1598419
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ProperBrgdbald
MP3412 Driver and Various Loads (to be tested for transients)
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ProperBrgdbald
ProperBrgdbald
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This battery chemistry almost ready for prime-time...
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Gadget
Gadget
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DIY questions
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Berrypalmer12
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Spoomples
Custom power supply for DPSS head - Looking for advice
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Spoomples
Spoomples
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9V battery mod?
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Mannitu78
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Recommended bench power supplies?
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Alaskan
Nice 8 Bay Battery Charger
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BowtieGuy
Micro USB Rechargable Li-Ion Batteries from Fenix
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GSS
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Calling all FAPpers - FAP800 - precautions and driving advice
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Alaskan
Alaskan
bloompyle
Decent pen-sized drivers?
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bloompyle
bloompyle
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Have i made this circuit correctly?
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paul1598419
paul1598419
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Help me find TTL laser driver
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absolute
absolute
TheAimbrot
Problem with Astral SuperDrive and NUBM08
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paul1598419
paul1598419
Snecho
What to Look for In 16340 Cells?
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Snecho
Snecho
Snecho
Can I Use x2 CR123As Instead of x2 16340s?
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Snecho
Snecho
Dsmith
18650 output current
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Encap
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jnrpop
List of Laser Drivers - Available
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Gianakakis
Odicforce drivers
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Gianakakis
barthchris
Black buck 5.5A reverse polarity fuse location
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barthchris
barthchris
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Nichia 4W laser help :) (Newbie)
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Norwayboi
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Ebay laser diode driver good enough?
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Norwayboi
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This is honest for ebay
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CurtisOliver
CurtisOliver
Dsmith
NUBM44-V2 driver option pros and cons?
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Dsmith
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Need Help Finding a Laser Driver
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DTR
DTR
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Quick question about cheap charger
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NSFJojo
What driver can run these?
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NSFJojo
NSFJojo
LazyBeam
Looking for smallest driver that can run 1.6Vf @ 450mA using 2X CR123A (4-6.4 Vin)
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paul1598419
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irish303
Power a laser with lead battery
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irish303
irish303
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Help with scanner adjustments
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Grenada Lasers
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Laser Driver Circuit Question
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Cyparagon
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Help with 8a driver and load
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RedCowboy
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alessnilsen
Driver test
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alessnilsen
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astralist
Astral Driver - Boost, Buck, & Sepic
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Marco Polo
Powerstat 136B terminal boxes
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Cyparagon
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KRNAZNBOY
Constant Current Driver Design (Also, i'm back :) )
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paul1598419
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Anthony P
RGB Design Ideas
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Anthony P
Anthony P
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Question about Adafruit 650nm Red Dot Laser
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Cyparagon
Cyparagon
reloader45
laser current measurement
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paul1598419
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Anthony P
Trouble-shooting RGB
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Help me choose the right Driver
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Guidance on determining if I have a bad driver or diode, please...
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m3vuv
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nzoomed
Trying to work out correct current for driver...
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nzoomed
nzoomed
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This is different..
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CurtisOliver
Need help with PSU for CNI MGL-W-532
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Unusual Li-ion battery option
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Richie89
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Thought this was interesting...but
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Immo1282
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Where to find the plug for NUBM08 PCB?
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Light superglue
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Can someone help me understand driver specifications?
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reloader45
reloader45
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ACS1500SE vs Micro Flexdive V5 Efficiency.
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Lifetime17
Lifetime17
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Does anyone still make low mA drivers?
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cosmonaut
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Ishow DAC drivers for windows 10
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Has anyone tried using a “twist” vape battery?
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SL-SD 7 and SL-SD 3 driver from Suvirval laser
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ChrisWhit
looking for decent 26350s
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perryg
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Driving NUBM08 8x4.75W 445nm array
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cowmoon71
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808nm "lethal" supply
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jayrob
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Cyparagon
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Pman
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Miya
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rustynuts
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Power a lasermodule to a 7v transformer
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WizardG
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Black buck 8M problems
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paul1598419
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power supply suitable for testing diodes
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EfoDom10
What batteries should I get for this laser
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GSS
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DRIVING 532NM LASER WITH SINGLE 1.5V AAA BATTERY
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thanhtung
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So who's selling drivers now
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Immo1282
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Whoaaaa! TPS63020 driver for $8 on TaoBao =)
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16340 v 18650
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