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Hi All,
:eg:Short Review of My Little "309mW Peak" Key Chain Red Build.:eg:
So i will start off with the Host. I decided to turn my Green Key chain Laser that i got from focal Price that i reveiwed >>>HERE<<< Into a High Power Red Laser. The Green Laser was still working Just fine But I just Dint Like How Fast the Laser heated Up. So I took it apart and Put the Module that came inside for another project.
It was very simple to take apart.
The Head came Right Off with the Module Attached. The Hard part was how to create a driver that can run a LPC-815 at 430mA of 1x 10440 cell and to make everything fit inside the small Pen like Key chain.
Well Looking through my Part Bins i cam across some 3 terminal D Pak style Mosfets i think. I remember they had extremely low Dropout. The only problem is i dont know what the name of them are as i pulled them out of something else.
But i New that they would be perfect for this application.
So i Had to come up with a way to make a Driver like board to hold everything on it including a click in about the Size of a Flexdrive v5 + 1/2.
It was a tight fit but i got it in there.:na:
So then i had to figure out how i am going to fit the top half of the Aixiz Module in due to the Aixiz Module being way to big in diameter. So i figured let me see if my drill can fit the Aixiz Module in. Well lucky for me it fit perfectly. So i put the module in the drill but leaving the front half out enough for me to be able to grip it with some sand paper and make the module smaller in diameter. I had to sand about 2mm off for a nice and tight fit. It dint take long at all.
So i then proceeded to set the Driver to 430mA.:eg:. I might decide to turn it up some more because this laser is Kinda like Pulse mode because of the momentary switch and usually you can set the laser a little Higher but not much.:evil:
You would think that in such a small laser running at such high power it would get Hot pretty quickly. The Duty Cycle for this laser is ~1 minute to 1 1/2 minutes. It start to get a little Warm to my Liking. But the cool thing about this is the laser Cools down Quickly so 1 minute on 1 minute off is good practice with this laser. Iam surprised how good this laser pulls the heat across the hole body. It must be the very tight fit of the module and the host that is transferring the heat pretty good.:beer:
Overall "308mW Peak"out of such a small build is pretty Impressive to say the least. Especial off of a cheap 10440 Cell. Iam going to invest on a better quality one.
I can only imagine what this would put out with Jayrobs 650-G-1 Lens. Probably close to 400mW.:eg:
Check it out:
http://laserpointerforums.com/f64/f...fication-fit-aixiz-25-increase-red-46332.html
Now for some Pictures:
Everything in the build.
Sanded the Module down and pressed the diode in. I had to bend the Pins Like in the Picture in order for them to be able to connect to the driver.
Unfortunately i though i took picture of the driver but i dint.:banghead: If i ever take the laser apart ill update the thread.
Push everything in and you done. This is a very simple Build and easy to make. There was only a few parts to put together and that is it. I would also like to mention that a LM1117 driver will work too but will limit you to ~180mW. You can also use an AMC7135 that works great too. But that also will give you round ~200mW.
My sad attempt of trying to Write LPF.:yabbem:
LPM Reading 309mW "Peak"
:thanks: For Looking.!!!
Keep On Lazing...
:eg:Short Review of My Little "309mW Peak" Key Chain Red Build.:eg:
So i will start off with the Host. I decided to turn my Green Key chain Laser that i got from focal Price that i reveiwed >>>HERE<<< Into a High Power Red Laser. The Green Laser was still working Just fine But I just Dint Like How Fast the Laser heated Up. So I took it apart and Put the Module that came inside for another project.
It was very simple to take apart.
The Head came Right Off with the Module Attached. The Hard part was how to create a driver that can run a LPC-815 at 430mA of 1x 10440 cell and to make everything fit inside the small Pen like Key chain.Well Looking through my Part Bins i cam across some 3 terminal D Pak style Mosfets i think. I remember they had extremely low Dropout. The only problem is i dont know what the name of them are as i pulled them out of something else.
But i New that they would be perfect for this application.So i Had to come up with a way to make a Driver like board to hold everything on it including a click in about the Size of a Flexdrive v5 + 1/2.
It was a tight fit but i got it in there.:na:So then i had to figure out how i am going to fit the top half of the Aixiz Module in due to the Aixiz Module being way to big in diameter. So i figured let me see if my drill can fit the Aixiz Module in. Well lucky for me it fit perfectly. So i put the module in the drill but leaving the front half out enough for me to be able to grip it with some sand paper and make the module smaller in diameter. I had to sand about 2mm off for a nice and tight fit. It dint take long at all.
So i then proceeded to set the Driver to 430mA.:eg:. I might decide to turn it up some more because this laser is Kinda like Pulse mode because of the momentary switch and usually you can set the laser a little Higher but not much.:evil:
You would think that in such a small laser running at such high power it would get Hot pretty quickly. The Duty Cycle for this laser is ~1 minute to 1 1/2 minutes. It start to get a little Warm to my Liking. But the cool thing about this is the laser Cools down Quickly so 1 minute on 1 minute off is good practice with this laser. Iam surprised how good this laser pulls the heat across the hole body. It must be the very tight fit of the module and the host that is transferring the heat pretty good.:beer:
Overall "308mW Peak"out of such a small build is pretty Impressive to say the least. Especial off of a cheap 10440 Cell. Iam going to invest on a better quality one.
I can only imagine what this would put out with Jayrobs 650-G-1 Lens. Probably close to 400mW.:eg:
Check it out:
http://laserpointerforums.com/f64/f...fication-fit-aixiz-25-increase-red-46332.html
Now for some Pictures:
Everything in the build.
Sanded the Module down and pressed the diode in. I had to bend the Pins Like in the Picture in order for them to be able to connect to the driver.
Unfortunately i though i took picture of the driver but i dint.:banghead: If i ever take the laser apart ill update the thread.
Push everything in and you done. This is a very simple Build and easy to make. There was only a few parts to put together and that is it. I would also like to mention that a LM1117 driver will work too but will limit you to ~180mW. You can also use an AMC7135 that works great too. But that also will give you round ~200mW.
My sad attempt of trying to Write LPF.:yabbem:
LPM Reading 309mW "Peak"
:thanks: For Looking.!!!
Keep On Lazing...
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