Recent content by chadoh

Just a quick question. I recently harvested a diode from an old DVD burner I had laying around and was de-soldering the little plastic circuit board on the back of the diode. I'm an inexperienced solderer and just wanted to know if i could have burned it out or how to check without wrecking the...

Hello everyone. I am new to lasers and recently extracted a laser diode from a dvd burner. But i am unable to purchase a diode housing online. So my question is if anybody on the forums has an extra housing they would be willing to sell to me. Thanks. Chad P.S. - Sorry about the double post...

Hello everyone. I am new to lasers and recently extracted a laser diode from a dvd burner. But i am unable to purchase a diode housing online. So my question is if anybody on the forums has an extra housing they would be willing to sell to me. Thanks. Chad