Damn that thing is hot!!:wtf::drool:
Whats your estimated pricing on that IgorT?
Don't think I've seen a more powerful and compact blu-ray laser!
Now get this, the laser produces almost no heat!
I left my first 6x diode ON for three hours, i've made one hour Po plots, and it took a year to die with that kind of abuse...
With normal use it would last up to 5 years.....
The 8x gets more current, so it warms up more, but the driver operates at a high efficiency of almost 90%, and creates no heat, unlike linear driver...
Linear drivers produced 3 times as much heat as the laser diodes in the worst cases, or twice as much in the best case scenario.
A high efficiency DC/DC converter driver creates no heat on top of the diode, like only 7% of total heat, so the diode is the only heat source in the entire laser, because of that the laser can be smaller....
But the new
v3 All-In-One Heatsink/Modules - all aluminum - takes care of the diode very nicelly....
They are made from two parts, that slot together, and some thermal paste goes in between. In the end it's sealed off with the contact board from below, in a vice...
I once made a module for TechJunkie with a linear driver. I put it in one of my v2 heatsinks, and the driver inside AixiZ overheated almost immediatelly.
The power dropped, and i could hardly measure the peak.
I am used to seeing the power stay put with my lasers, besides a laser with a linear driver would require three batteries.
Three batteries
My lasers made with my driver can easily be left ON for an hour and except spending an hour of diode's life, you won't do any damage to the laser if you accidentally leave it ON...
Not that i recommend doing that, it's safer if you turn it OFF after using, but you don't have to worry about seconds or minutes when using it...
I'll make some 20 minute graphs with my new 8x when i get it....
