While removing an SF-AW210 from it's heatsink I managed to partially push in the "protective" window - enough so that it rattled when gently shaken. Anyway, I thought better to be safe rather than sorry later on, so I cut the top off the can thereby exposing the LD. It still seems to lase just...
As others have done, I'm building my own LD driver based on the LM3410. However, I'm thinking of designing the drive to provide soft starts and stops by controlling the slew of the output. My rational for this is that slow rises to full output current (say 0.2 sec for arguements sake) and slow...
Hi all, glad to be part of this amazing forum. My background is in Physics and my hobbies include electronics and opto-electronics - hope I can contribute.
Dave :)