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Hey guys,
Ok so I am making a red laser and I have heard in a bunch of places what current to run my diode at (red senkat...its from stontek..) I have heard 250ma and 300-350 ma i do have proper heatsinking..(its a labby)
1) what current should i run it at?
2) How do i get this current? I have a rkcstr driver and a DMM from radioshack. Should i just put the DMM probes onto the driver (positive goes to LD and negative goes to GD) and read the output and adjust it until i get to whatever current to put it at? or do i need to make a test load? If so how do i make this (I have read about this. You hook up 4 1N4001 Diodes in series with a 1 ohm resistor on the end. I dont understand what this does...if anyone could explain it would be greatly appreciated)
Thanks
Ok so I am making a red laser and I have heard in a bunch of places what current to run my diode at (red senkat...its from stontek..) I have heard 250ma and 300-350 ma i do have proper heatsinking..(its a labby)
1) what current should i run it at?
2) How do i get this current? I have a rkcstr driver and a DMM from radioshack. Should i just put the DMM probes onto the driver (positive goes to LD and negative goes to GD) and read the output and adjust it until i get to whatever current to put it at? or do i need to make a test load? If so how do i make this (I have read about this. You hook up 4 1N4001 Diodes in series with a 1 ohm resistor on the end. I dont understand what this does...if anyone could explain it would be greatly appreciated)
Thanks