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ArcticDude
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Guide: Where to buy 18650 & 26650 Li-Ion batteries
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Seoul_lasers
Seoul_lasers
Trevor
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Driver Specifications Compendium
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djidai
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drlava
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How healthy are your batteries? (How to measure internal resistance)
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paul1598419
paul1598419
JayC
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What battery does my laser need?
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lasersbee
lasersbee
Hiemal
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How laser diode drivers work; An Explanatory Thread
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DalDames
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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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4
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472
tedcs
tedcs
Gianakakis
Need Feedback on my 3A buck driver!
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431
Gianakakis
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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13
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588
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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654
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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334
Anthony P
Anthony P
Dsmith
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859
aaronnoraa
aaronnoraa
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200pc 5v 650nm laser diode modules. Power source required? Budget build
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441
GSS
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BlackBuck 8M PWM Control
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432
DeathStarLaserGuy20
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Help making a test load for a diode laser
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481
paul1598419
paul1598419
Dsmith
Who sells test loads?
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6
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424
paul1598419
paul1598419
ProperBrgdbald
MP3412 Driver and Various Loads (to be tested for transients)
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279
ProperBrgdbald
ProperBrgdbald
Gadget
This battery chemistry almost ready for prime-time...
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304
Gadget
Gadget
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DIY questions
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362
Berrypalmer12
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Spoomples
Custom power supply for DPSS head - Looking for advice
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640
Spoomples
Spoomples
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9V battery mod?
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471
Mannitu78
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Recommended bench power supplies?
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400
paul1598419
paul1598419
Alaskan
Nice 8 Bay Battery Charger
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587
Coonie
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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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651
Snecho
Snecho
Snecho
Can I Use x2 CR123As Instead of x2 16340s?
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434
Snecho
Snecho
Dsmith
18650 output current
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615
Encap
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jnrpop
List of Laser Drivers - Available
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jnrpop
jnrpop
Gianakakis
Odicforce drivers
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Gianakakis
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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462
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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347
Dsmith
Dsmith
Supreminator
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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Laserbran
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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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585
paul1598419
paul1598419
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
Cyparagon
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Help with 8a driver and load
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RedCowboy
RedCowboy
alessnilsen
Driver test
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alessnilsen
alessnilsen
astralist
Astral Driver - Boost, Buck, & Sepic
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nkgamer1990
nkgamer1990
Marco Polo
Powerstat 136B terminal boxes
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Cyparagon
Cyparagon
KRNAZNBOY
Constant Current Driver Design (Also, i'm back :) )
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paul1598419
paul1598419
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
paul1598419
Anthony P
Trouble-shooting RGB
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CDBEAM777
CDBEAM777
Gianakakis
Help me choose the right Driver
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Gianakakis
Gianakakis
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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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GSS
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CurtisOliver
Need help with PSU for CNI MGL-W-532
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CurtisOliver
CurtisOliver
Shotgundrums
Unusual Li-ion battery option
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Richie89
Richie89
Gadget
Thought this was interesting...but
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Immo1282
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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hakzaw1
hakzaw1
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Has anyone tried using a “twist” vape battery?
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Bernard Ulo
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trinh hong phuoc
SL-SD 7 and SL-SD 3 driver from Suvirval laser
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trinh hong phuoc
trinh hong phuoc
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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m3vuv
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jayrob
LM1085 DIY Driver
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lasersbee
lasersbee
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Thorlabs L658P040 Driver Construction/Selection
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Cyparagon
Cyparagon
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laser body parts
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m3vuv
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Pman
Phlatlight driver
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Richie89
Richie89
ManoleStefan
Driver laser diode
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paul1598419
paul1598419
Shmackitup
Decent Chinese Driver
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Miya
Miya
Immo1282
Desired Specification for a new Driver?
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rustynuts
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Power a lasermodule to a 7v transformer
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WizardG
WizardG
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Black buck 8M problems
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paul1598419
paul1598419
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power supply suitable for testing diodes
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Immo1282
Immo1282
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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Immo1282
Immo1282
thanhtung
Kdriver - New design buck driver 2.2A softstart
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paul1598419
paul1598419
Kookapeli
So who's selling drivers now
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Immo1282
Immo1282
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Whoaaaa! TPS63020 driver for $8 on TaoBao =)
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RDTech
RDTech
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16340 v 18650
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Lifetime17
Lifetime17
Lifetime17
Remember When ??
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Kookapeli
Kookapeli
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What driver should I use?
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paul1598419
paul1598419
Kookapeli
What's new
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Kookapeli
Kookapeli
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Direct driving nubm44 with 1 or 2 18650 ?
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Benm
Benm
Devil_Master
What's a reliable source for 18650 batteries that ships to EU?
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chloderic
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Andrew124C41
Anyone try these batteries
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Benm
Benm
micksterbs
Mystery driver
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Benm
Benm
Alaskan
BlackBuck 6 POT!
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deadshadow
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