DIY RGB questions.

[LaZeRz]

Yep, no pot.

 

[bloompyle]

Yep, no pot.

Ooooooh *lightbulb* figured it out! So I do need something like a flexdrive, or flexmod. Do I just need a driver with a pot?

 

[n2stuff]

Ooooooh *lightbulb* figured it out! So I do need something like a flexdrive, or flexmod. Do I just need a driver with a pot?

Yes you will need a driver with a pot to balance the colors. I just built the lm317 driver.

 

[bloompyle]

Yes you will need a driver with a pot to balance the colors. I just built the lm317 driver.

I don't trust my soldering skills to do that, plus there's this huge chunk missing from the top of my soldering bit, so I can barely solder as it is, something like that needing precision would be anything but impossible.

 

[LaZeRz]

Time for a new iron

 

[bloompyle]

Time for a new iron

Believe me I don't disagree :/ So just a basic LM317 driver will work? For both the 445 and 635?

 

[n2stuff]

Here's the circuit...Laser driver - It can be done

Go and get a new iron.....15-Watt Soldering Iron with Grounded Tip - RadioShack.com

Also practice soldering you will get it.

 

[bloompyle]

Here's the circuit...Laser driver - It can be done

Go and get a new iron.....15-Watt Soldering Iron with Grounded Tip - RadioShack.com

Also practice soldering you will get it.

Muchas gracias senior.

 

[n2stuff]

I found this kit. I will get one down the road.

http://laserpointerforums.com/f39/awlegos-rgb-laser-driver-has-arrived-65086.html

 

[Tech_Junkie]

I don't trust my soldering skills to do that, plus there's this huge chunk missing from the top of my soldering bit, so I can barely solder as it is, something like that needing precision would be anything but impossible.

If you can barley solder, and your iron is crap, then why are you asking how to build a DIY projector? Why are you wasting everyone's time making them explain how to build something you cant make, afford, or have the proper tools?

 

[weeba2kv]

And now we wait till the end of 2012 for the results

wood + ducktape bit of glue and paper lol

 

[Bionic-Badger]

Ewww, a Radio Shack no-name soldering iron. At least buy your no-name soldering iron from a reputable store (e.g. Sparkfun), not a has-been former-electrical-parts-shop-turned-cell-phone-shop. Better yet, buy a better brand (Weller, Hakko, Aoyue) if you plan on ever doing this kind of stuff seriously. The 30W iron will work for most things, but invest in some tools that you'll trust to operate on the parts you paid twice as much for.

 

[bloompyle]

If you can barley solder, and your iron is crap, then why are you asking how to build a DIY projector? Why are you wasting everyone's time making them explain how to build something you cant make, afford, or have the proper tools?

My soldering isn't bad, I've just had to adapt to less than favorable conditions.