Apollo office laser experiment?

[emanbroc]

Hello,

I am new here, not new to forums in general..

I'll try to make this short and sweet..

I figure this isn't going to work, but would like to know if it is possible to modify this laser to be a bit more powerful than <5mw. I'm sure you guys get this all the time and flame if you want.. I will be getting more in to the laser field in the near future, but just curious if this laser I have sitting around can be modified for some fun.

 

[emanbroc]

Please let me know if you need more detailed pictures... And don't mind the dirty board, the device does still work. This laser had been sitting for a while and a battery was accidentally left in it the entire time.. We all know what happened lol.

 

[Flaminpyro]

Howdy and welcome to the forum:wave: have fun and be safe

Not easyly as there is no pot to turn up this means you will have to unsolder and remove and then resolder a new resistor and that is after you find out which one.

 

[emanbroc]

Thank you for the warm welcome! :WAVE:

Could you provide guidance on how to figure out which resistor?

 

[Mohrenberg]

what jeff said.

You can get green modules really cheap now days. It would be easier just to buy a more powerful one than to bother with this one.

 

[emanbroc]

Well thank you guys, I really appreciate the assistance!

 

[Meatball]

These are the cheap modules: no title - DealExtreme.com

o-like.com has some with a little higher quality to them.