Blu-Ray diode pinouts - ps3 kes400a sled 405nm

[viroy]

Can someone please help with identifying the pinouts for this diode?
It came out of a PS3 laser sled model KES400a.
It has 5 pins... 4 of them are not connected to the housing, 1 is.

I will post a picture in just a few minutes, I need to find my camera.
I appreciate any help!

 

[chido]

Found it.

 

[viroy]

oh cool, but what is rld, pd and irld?

this have multiple diodes in it?
what would i have to connect for just the 405nm violet

 

[daguin]

oh cool, but what is rld, pd and irld?

this have multiple diodes in it?
what would i have to connect for just the 405nm violet

Yes. This diode has more than one color in it

rld = red laser diode
pd = photo diode
irld = infrared laser diode

You hook up the gnd and the vld

Peace,
dave

 

[bobobob121]

once i get my current laser in shipping, im planning on constructing myself a blu-ray laser

 

[viroy]

sweet! it worked great!
I now have (5) bluray lasers, tuned at about 80mw reading on the MM!
They just start to get a little warm so im not going any further... and has a visible beam!

 

[Glaserfan]

80mW out of a PS3 diode? Sounds like a recipe for an instant 405nm LED...

 

[daguin]

sweet! it worked great!
I now have (5) bluray lasers, tuned at about 80mw reading on the MM!
They just start to get a little warm so im not going any further... and has a visible beam!

:-?How did you measure mW on your MM? :-?

Peace,
dave

 

[viroy]

It might be more around 60, I didnt mark reference points on the board above 40mw and it went a bit above that.
I used a 1 ohm resistor to measure, see :
http://www.laserpointerforums.com/forums/YaBB.pl?num=1197651171

 

[daguin]

It might be more around 60, I didnt mark reference points on the board above 40mw and it went a bit above that.
I used a 1 ohm resistor to measure, see :
http://www.laserpointerforums.com/forums/YaBB.pl?num=1197651171

OK. So then, did you measure mA across the dummy?

Did you build the whole dummy circuit or just use the 1 ohm resistor?

Peace,
dave

 

[GooeyGus]

For kicks and grins, one night I hooked up both the red and the violet die. I had a pretty pink laser for about 3 seconds. Then I had a pretty pink led ;D

 

[daguin]

For kicks and grins, one night I hooked up both the red and the violet die. I had a pretty pink laser for about 3 seconds. Then I had a pretty pink led ;D

It would appear that laser light doesn't share well, eh?

Peace,
dave

 

[hydrogenman15]

If you pulsed between BR and red could it last longer. :

--hydro

 

[GooeyGus]

If you pulsed between BR and red could it last longer. :

--hydro

I dont see why not. that would be pretty cool lookin!

 

[paper183]

For kicks and grins, one night I hooked up both the red and the violet die. I had a pretty pink laser for about 3 seconds. Then I had a pretty pink led ;D

How much power to each dies ?:O maybe less would last longer

 

[chido]

I believe Hemlock Mike did this a long time ago, but I can't remember how much current he was putting into the diode, he did say it got warm pretty quick.