I ordered a Spyder III two months ago, it was set as pending because they were out of stock, so they were going to send me a free Evolution Pro for all the time they made me wait but they cancelled the order because the payment expired, this actually gives me a chance to buy another laser, but...
Yes, I forgot that you need to ground the green wire to turn the supply on (the most important detail, silly me), however, isn't the brown wire the 'Power OK' one? As far as I know, the supply will not work unless that terminal is set to a logic high, so to make it work you simply need to...
The yellow wires are from the 12V line on the PSU, which is usually the one that can supply more current, you might need to solder the brown (sense) wires to the orange (3.3V) from the PSU to make it work.
TVs use a photodiode that only reacts at a certain wavelength (I think 980nm), the RC sends data in binary form, I can't remember what each blink meant but you could research if you're serious about this.
EDIT: And I remember some tiny devices that mimic the RC signals and re-emits them, this...
And it seemed like if they sent their defective Cores to us anyway, three people I know got free Cores and they were defective, including mine (hops modes).
Hey bobobob121,
Yeah, I just got banned from "there" as well.
Nova all the way, remember that you can use the matrix5 or warp5 discount code for a 5% discount on their products.
I've opened most of the WL models and they all have a weird cylinder inside the case, the one in the Pulsar it's probably made of plastic, it's purpose is to prevent the laser module from being pushed down.
The pen-sized CNIs have this cylinder too.
Or maybe you're talking about the brass...
Oh yeah, my mistake, it's orthovanadate, and yeah, the only thing I knew about the Nd:YVO4 is that it lases at 1064nm on green lasers and 1342nm/1064nm on yellow lasers.
Nd:YVO4: Neodymium doped Yttrium Ortovanadate - Halves frequency from 808nm to 1064nm.
KTP: Potassium Titanyl Phosphate - Doubles frequency from 1064 to 532nm.
IR filter - Blocks the residual 808nm and 1064nm.
Oh, by the way, NewWish lasers do have IR filters, but they still leak a large...
The lasers from TechLasers may be good and cheap, but their customer support seems to be non-existent, so if you receive a faulty laser from them, you're screwed.
NOVAlasers always ships out lasers that are overpowered, and it must be next to impossible to receive a defective laser from them...