I would like to announce my first successful match lighting with one of SenKats diodes! I was too impatient to wait for one of the parts I needed for the proper dirver circuit, so I ran the diode up on a variable power supply and started pumping at around 150ma, then SLOWLY turned the current up until I was reading around 230mA. I adjusted the Aixiz module for a good small spot at 1 meter and stuck a match into the beam - and got FLAMAGE in about 1.5 to 2 seconds.
I also was able to poke holes in some thin black plastic ( a case I store 1/8 watt resistors in! )
Thanks Senkat - the diodes are happy. So am I. Now I am awaiting the SMD version of the LM317T so I can make a driver circuit that fits into the Aixiz screw-on housing.
I have lost my High-power laser diode virginity!
Yippee!!!
Dave
I also was able to poke holes in some thin black plastic ( a case I store 1/8 watt resistors in! )
Thanks Senkat - the diodes are happy. So am I. Now I am awaiting the SMD version of the LM317T so I can make a driver circuit that fits into the Aixiz screw-on housing.
I have lost my High-power laser diode virginity!
Yippee!!!
Dave