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Hey all.
I opened this thread to share something I found, that people may not be aware of.
First of all. Everything is speculation. The only way to confirm this info, is buying the diodes.
I think everyone here knows the PL520's. They cost $85 on DTR Laser Shop. Fine.
Its a 50mW rated diode, running @ 118mW at DTR tests. Thats overdriving the diode by... 136%??
So I found another diode... The PLP520 (by osram).
The two variants, B1 and B2, are 120mW and 90mW diodes, respectively.
The divergence is not bad, @ 7x23 (his lower power brother, PL520, = 7x22).
Judging by the capabilities of the PL520 (50mW diodes), we assume a 136% overdrive potential on the PLP520 (I know.. this may be wrong, but anyways), so..
The B1 variant could achieve 283mW of 520nm light,
and the B2 variant could achieve 212mW of 520nm light.
I found both the variants @ $90 and $120.
B2 Link here!
B1 Link here!
I think techhood made a mess with the pricing... one should contact him.
Maybe this is a new diode... ~250mW of 520nm would look amazing...
:thanks: for reading.
Datasheet link
EDIT:
Techhood swapped the names when creating the ebay pages. The title says "B1 90mw", but according to the datasheets, the B1 variant = 120mW, and B2 = 90mW. So lets call 'em like this (B1 for the 120mW diode) so we won't get lost :beer:
I opened this thread to share something I found, that people may not be aware of.
First of all. Everything is speculation. The only way to confirm this info, is buying the diodes.
I think everyone here knows the PL520's. They cost $85 on DTR Laser Shop. Fine.
Its a 50mW rated diode, running @ 118mW at DTR tests. Thats overdriving the diode by... 136%??
So I found another diode... The PLP520 (by osram).
The two variants, B1 and B2, are 120mW and 90mW diodes, respectively.
The divergence is not bad, @ 7x23 (his lower power brother, PL520, = 7x22).
Judging by the capabilities of the PL520 (50mW diodes), we assume a 136% overdrive potential on the PLP520 (I know.. this may be wrong, but anyways), so..
The B1 variant could achieve 283mW of 520nm light,
and the B2 variant could achieve 212mW of 520nm light.
I found both the variants @ $90 and $120.
B2 Link here!
B1 Link here!
I think techhood made a mess with the pricing... one should contact him.
Maybe this is a new diode... ~250mW of 520nm would look amazing...
:thanks: for reading.
Datasheet link
EDIT:
Techhood swapped the names when creating the ebay pages. The title says "B1 90mw", but according to the datasheets, the B1 variant = 120mW, and B2 = 90mW. So lets call 'em like this (B1 for the 120mW diode) so we won't get lost :beer:
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