Ok, so way before I saw this forum, I started doing projects with lasers. I managed to get my hands on an old DVD and CD burner and when I took it apart, I found TWO laser doides inside. Unfortunately, I don't have the name of the burner or the relative location of the diodes in the burner, what...
Ok, so I'm just beginning (sorta) this whole dabble with lasers, and I'm confused how to get a Blu-Ray laser diode to work portably. I bought a PS3 carriage online and it just came today and I've extracted the only thing in it that resembles a laser diode. (side number: 615144 060024 if that...
New to this forum and from the Bay Area (around San Fran, CA), so excuse me while I clarify some of the language that I might use:
"yaddidaymean?" - "You know what I mean?"
that's the only real one that I might be using so bear with me.
I'm also a senior in high school fyi. So forgive if I...