SMIDSY said:
[quote author=john_lawson link=1211006282/0#9 date=1211056447]thats the 803-t read up theyre 15-110 mw depending on how hard you want to drive them
Id be interested but only if someone fits a driver so all i need to do is add 3V lol[/quote]
For operation from 3V it's gonna have to be a boost driver, so that leaves you with Dr_Lava's flex drive.
And if you want to start building lasers, you're gonna have to learn how to solder. When i was a kid, i used to take all my fathers electronic components, and just solder them to a vero board. He was angry, for wasting various ICs and expensive parts, but i learned how to do it.
Start with something easy, something you can't kill, so that you get a feel for it.. Tinning some wires, soldering some random stuff together, just so you learn how it behaves. After that you get the required confidence, and can do anything. Oh, with PCBs, soldering has to be done quickly so that the pads don't de-bond and break off.
After that you should build a red. Then you can do Blue Rays. Oh, and only use battery power, no PSUs. A PSU provides a path to the ground and 405nm diodes are way more sensitive to ESD!
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