Can anyone ID this bluray sled?

[Ewigest]

One top and one from the bottom any hep would be great!

 

[Ewigest]

Well I never figured out what kind of diode this was but I went ahead and powered it with about 300 mA. It can burn and light matches! It was my first ever build:yh:

 

[bennett326]

It looks like a 12x to me I'm not positive though

 

[Ewigest]

It looks like a 12x to me I'm not positive though

So I have laser goggles on the way...I cant shine it around for to long because I start to feel sick. Is that because of the intensity? Or am I just weird?

 

[Flaminpyro]

I have not seen that one, what did it come out of ?

 

[Ewigest]

I have not seen that one, what did it come out of ?

A supposedly broken "sony bdp-sp300"

 

[jimdt7]

Where did you buy it from ?

 

[Ewigest]

Where did you buy it from ?

I got them from some guy on craigslist 2 bluray players for 25$ It was cheap and I figured out what diode the other one was (it was a ps3 sled...in the bluray player) but cant find anything on the other. Is there any easy way to tell if its a 12x or what?

 

[Ewigest]

So I deiced to try the micro boot drive from

Micro BoostDrive DC/DC Converter Portable Laser Driver [M0003] - $25.99 : Modwerx Shop

But now the beam is very dim. I know I probably killed it. I soldered it straight to the diode. Can anyone tell me what i did wrong so I can avoid this in the future. It seriously ruined my day :banghead:

 

[sassafrass686]

Well you know the current that the driver was set to when the diode died?
Either too much current, or the diode wasn't as efficient/high powered as you might have thought.

 

[Ewigest]

Well you know the current that the driver was set to when the diode died?
Either too much current, or the diode wasn't as efficient/high powered as you might have thought.

The manual for the driver said it was by default in the low setting 200ma max. On my own driver I was running the diode at 300ma. So I was expecting it to be dim when using the flex drive. It's when I took the diode off the flex drive and back on to my own custom driver it stayed very dim (I didn't make any changes to my driver).

 

[sassafrass686]

Ohhh is it a homemade driver? Maybe the capacitor discharged on the diode?

 

[Ewigest]

Ok it seems they got my order wrong (or I ordered the wrong drive) its actually micro boost drive v1. Now I get why my driver did not match the picture of the drive in the manual. I cant believe it didn't click the pictures didn't match. If no one has burned their eye out on these forums yet ill probably be the first lol

 

[Ewigest]

Ohhh is it a homemade driver? Maybe the capacitor discharged on the diode?

Ah your probably right i didn't think of that. That is what i get for being careless i guess

 

[sassafrass686]

Haha. It happens. I have quite a few dead diodes...

 

[Ewigest]

I cant shine it around for to long because I start to feel sick.

I know it sounds funny but it feels like ozone poisoning or whatever it is given off by corona discharge