Huh?

[Spyderz20x6]

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOhyJ8JyBEo[/media]

Is it just me, or is he driving that DVD LD with the original driver for a 5mW diode :-?

 

[rog8811]

If he is running it from a bench power supply it would work ok, that pcb has only got a limiting resistor on it going by the size.

Regards rog8811

 

[Spyderz20x6]

If he is running it from a bench power supply it would work ok, that pcb has only got a limiting resistor on it going by the size.

Regards rog8811

Very interesting...
I will have to measure the resistor value...

 

[game-genie]

http://www.dealextreme.com/forums/Forums.dx/Forum.5914~threadid.125358

Here is the Thread from Dealextreme...
He is writing in german and when i find the time i maybe translate it ;-)

Happy New Year!!!!
game-genie

 

[hydrogenman15]

I've seen this video and I am also quite skeptical but the driver has more then a few resistors in it. I was also surprised to see that the the photo diode was soldered to the
driver!

--hydro15

 

[Spyderz20x6]

I've seen this video and I am also quite skeptical but the driver has more then a few resistors in it. I was also surprised to see that the the photo diode was soldered to the
driver!

--hydro15

Well, according to IgorT, it is a driver that responds to the photodiode of the 5mW diode.
So, since DVD diodes do not have a photodiode, it is useless and unpredictable.