I pulled this laser out of an OLD Polaroid DVD player. I'm looking for help because the diode doesn't look like a normal diode i've seen before.
I'm definitely no laser expert so this could completely not be the laser diode at all :O But it was pointed directly at a series of plastic optics pieces, so i'm fairly certain.
And it also has a heatsink!
AND there was another chip that looks very similar to the above one, adding to my confusion :thinking:
This one has a plastic piece that protrudes out further than the piece on the other chip.
Also, both chips have 16 pins -_-
I'm definitely no laser expert so this could completely not be the laser diode at all :O But it was pointed directly at a series of plastic optics pieces, so i'm fairly certain.
And it also has a heatsink!
AND there was another chip that looks very similar to the above one, adding to my confusion :thinking:
This one has a plastic piece that protrudes out further than the piece on the other chip.
Also, both chips have 16 pins -_-
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