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I don't know if anyone has seen this before, maybe so but I ran across this the other day and thought I'd share it just in-case.
I've seen a couple of methods to pressing a Diode into a module and who hasn't, we have diode press tools offered here on LPF, and elsewhere too that are of a great help also.
Some even use the back of the module to press the diode in, but it may not be seated all the way down.
So here is a something I came across that I first laughed at, and then on a rainy boring day I decided to play around with this and was very surprised at how easy it really works, and it does get the diode seated properly.
The tool is a "brake adjuster from a bicycle" yea it made me laugh too when I first seen the pictures and read it. It is also has a hole right through the center, so while the article doesn't mention this part, you can even get your wires through it if your diode already has wire leads soldered on it.
In playing around with it I discovered it can also remove your Diode for you too without damaging it; that was really neat considering this "tool" will only cost your a dollar or two, and you might already have some lying around your house.
I would suggest you try this out on a dead diode a couple of times to be sure it works for you, as I have no idea if all the "brake adjuster from a bicycle" are the same size and will work. I worked for me time after time that I tried it, and I was amazed I could press the diode out too.
So this is not my original idea/work I'm just sharing what I found, I don't want to take any credit for coming up with this method from scratch.
Here's the pictures of it and the source of the original info if you want to read more on it.
Laser diodes - It can be done
I've seen a couple of methods to pressing a Diode into a module and who hasn't, we have diode press tools offered here on LPF, and elsewhere too that are of a great help also.
Some even use the back of the module to press the diode in, but it may not be seated all the way down.
So here is a something I came across that I first laughed at, and then on a rainy boring day I decided to play around with this and was very surprised at how easy it really works, and it does get the diode seated properly.
The tool is a "brake adjuster from a bicycle" yea it made me laugh too when I first seen the pictures and read it. It is also has a hole right through the center, so while the article doesn't mention this part, you can even get your wires through it if your diode already has wire leads soldered on it.
In playing around with it I discovered it can also remove your Diode for you too without damaging it; that was really neat considering this "tool" will only cost your a dollar or two, and you might already have some lying around your house.
I would suggest you try this out on a dead diode a couple of times to be sure it works for you, as I have no idea if all the "brake adjuster from a bicycle" are the same size and will work. I worked for me time after time that I tried it, and I was amazed I could press the diode out too.
So this is not my original idea/work I'm just sharing what I found, I don't want to take any credit for coming up with this method from scratch.
Here's the pictures of it and the source of the original info if you want to read more on it.
Laser diodes - It can be done