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FrozenGate by Avery

Flexdrive problem

This is why you're the man, Dave. Aren't you a professor in real life? It seems like I read that somewhere. Either way, you have a skilled teaching ability. Your posts are often enlightening.
 





scumbagatheist said:
This is why you're the man, Dave. Aren't you a professor in real life? It seems like I read that somewhere. Either way, you have a skilled teaching ability. Your posts are often enlightening.
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Yeah. . . . . of Human Communication ;)

Peace,
dave
 
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Seriously.
My degrees and job have absolutely nothing to do with lasers, photonics, electronics, or physics.

I talk and make others talk, for a living
I make pretty lights for fun

Peace,
dave
 
I can dig it, man. My background is in photography and botany. And, now I work on vacuum cleaners.
 
scumbagatheist said:
I can dig it, man. My background is in photography and botany. And, now I work on vacuum cleaners.
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scumbagatheist said:
So, Jake...have you chosen a replacement driver?
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haha, I just ordered another flexdrive. I'll try it again. If I fail, ill just sell everything and dedicate to my freelancing. My friend made me a heatsink for the driver that fits the flashlight. So I want to try again. I've been wanting to make one for years... :yabbem:
 
Jake you should get some flux as I can tell by your solder joints that you are not using any>


I have it available on the shelf and ready to go, it will help you make 100% better solder joints and a little practice
on some copper wire will help you also get some old phone wire or any copper wire and do a little practice before
soldering on a driver or expensive laser diode :)

You can even get some old electronic device and open it up and take out the circuit board and practice on it ;)

Good luck...
 
I used flux on the terminals. The solder tunneled down the wire into the terminal ring. But I didn't use any on the resistors because it was scary to do as it was lol. I have a board that I was going to make into a dummy load. Maybe I should.
 
I just wish I had realized the limitations of this driver @ higher voltages. I needed something @ 1.6A, but cannot get any more than 700mA out of it. :(
 
I killed my first two flexdrives, and never managed to make one work. got two microboosts in my possession now so hopefully I am done with the killing of drivers....got a much better Iron now though and that helps a TON!!!!
 
wannaburnstuff said:
I killed my first two flexdrives, and never managed to make one work. got two microboosts in my possession now so hopefully I am done with the killing of drivers....got a much better Iron now though and that helps a TON!!!!
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I watched a video of a guy do it on youtube and he literally tapped it once and it bridged the two resistors... hmph, easy enough I said. I'll just take it very cautious this next time.

This is the one Setting a Flex Drive using a Test Load and Multimeter. - YouTube
 
Flux is magic, apparently. Never owned any but I may need to order some from Flaminpyro soon.
 
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