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So I had this idea after seeing the thread in the Buy/Sell/Trade forums....
Why hasn't anyone made any cheap calibration lasers for DIY and other LPMs?
I feel like it could be significantly cheaper than either sending it back for calibration or for buying an LPM to calibrate against. I figure the kit would be as simple as using a PHR and an LPC both set at exactly 100mW each... then, just shine each one on your thermal/optical target and calibrate accordingly....
And because it could as simple as being in a project box or something, these could probably be produced for around $20-25, and, for the effort put in for adjusting the outputs to get exactly 100mW on a calibrated LPM, they could probably be sold for $35 or so and still make a decent amount of money....
So is there something I am missing? I have a feeling that these would be extraordinarily popular amongst those of us who built our own LPMs.
Why hasn't anyone made any cheap calibration lasers for DIY and other LPMs?
I feel like it could be significantly cheaper than either sending it back for calibration or for buying an LPM to calibrate against. I figure the kit would be as simple as using a PHR and an LPC both set at exactly 100mW each... then, just shine each one on your thermal/optical target and calibrate accordingly....
And because it could as simple as being in a project box or something, these could probably be produced for around $20-25, and, for the effort put in for adjusting the outputs to get exactly 100mW on a calibrated LPM, they could probably be sold for $35 or so and still make a decent amount of money....
So is there something I am missing? I have a feeling that these would be extraordinarily popular amongst those of us who built our own LPMs.