I see thanks for that :)
What do you think the power limit is for brass housings though? Also I live in Australia so the shipping is a bit pricey for me :(
Hi everyone,
I've got these diode housings and I'm not sure what kind of metal they're made of (the description just says metal). I'm guessing it might be iron or steel though I'm not sure. Does anyone have any ideas?
Anyway I was wondering if there was a rule of thumb of choosing a housing...
Well I tried making an RC plane but I think I broke the ESC... so I'm just reusing the battery for lasers lol
Though when I have time I might try again...
Oh my I feel so stupid lol
Thanks so much for the help :D
Just wondering do you think I should increase the resistance a bit more in case the tolerance is outside the acceptable limits 🤔
EDIT: Nevermind, just checked it with a mulitimeter, seems to be within the limits
Thanks everyone for your...
I see, but I'm fairly certain it's wayy too dim. It can barely illuminate my hand 10cm away
So I'm using this circuit powered by a Lipo battery. I connected Iout to the LD anode, and ground to the common pin of the diode. Instead of the 10 ohm resistor I'm using 40 ohms.
Here's some photos...
Hey everyone,
Sorry if there was already a post about this, I did use the search function but didn't find much stuff.
Anyways I bought two SLD3134VL 20mw 405nm diodes from eBay and they arrived in plastic packaging (not even in antiESD bags).
So I tried out one of the diodes by using a constant...
Hi everyone :)
I'm new here and I just started getting into lasers.
I'm trying to build my first laser using an SLD3134VL 405nm 20mW laser diode.
For the diode housing I found this on Aliexpress: (sorry I can't post links yet) "10x Focusable 1230 Metal Housing w Lens for TO-18 5.6mm Laser Diode...