Hi Everyone,
I am new to the forum and first of all I want to say that it is really glad to see that so many people are so interested in lasers! I am sure there may be a lot of posts about this on the forum already, but I did not expect to see this much info or this many people on one laser forum... so I am going to ask anyway. I am trying to make/build a laser. I purchased some Red 650nm 6mm 5V 5mW laser diodes the other day, thinking I would just hook up some small batteries and everything would be fine. After doing a little more research though, I have found that I need a diode controller, to protect and run the laser properly.
I am sure there a lot of factors, but can anyone tell me what I need to run these properly? My thought at this point is a resistor, capacitor and switch, but any help or direction would be much appreciated.
Not sure about the quality, but this is what I purchased:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01ITK4PEO/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Thank you,
J
I am new to the forum and first of all I want to say that it is really glad to see that so many people are so interested in lasers! I am sure there may be a lot of posts about this on the forum already, but I did not expect to see this much info or this many people on one laser forum... so I am going to ask anyway. I am trying to make/build a laser. I purchased some Red 650nm 6mm 5V 5mW laser diodes the other day, thinking I would just hook up some small batteries and everything would be fine. After doing a little more research though, I have found that I need a diode controller, to protect and run the laser properly.
I am sure there a lot of factors, but can anyone tell me what I need to run these properly? My thought at this point is a resistor, capacitor and switch, but any help or direction would be much appreciated.
Not sure about the quality, but this is what I purchased:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01ITK4PEO/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Thank you,
J
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