For christmas my girlfriend bought me a mini laser projector which has gotten me back into the hobby a bit.
I already spliced the speaker wire to a female headphone jack to get decent sound out it when synced, but I'd really like to swap the green diode to a violet and that project is a bit over my head.
I have a 5mw violet pointer that I don't mind sourcing from if it'll work, but besides buying premade pointers (best one I've got is a 1w blue spartan) and working with general electronics (circuits, soldering etc) I don't have much experience here.
From my very basic research so far I think I'll have to swap both the diode and the driver, but the driver may not work since the pointer ran on 2x AAA's and the projector runs on AC power, although I suspect it converts it to DC before actually getting to the driver.
Anyway, I'm looking to be pointed in the right direction for general build information, I'm not so much looking to just modify this unit as I am learn all I can about building them.
What are some of the better resources out there?
Thanks in advance!
I already spliced the speaker wire to a female headphone jack to get decent sound out it when synced, but I'd really like to swap the green diode to a violet and that project is a bit over my head.
I have a 5mw violet pointer that I don't mind sourcing from if it'll work, but besides buying premade pointers (best one I've got is a 1w blue spartan) and working with general electronics (circuits, soldering etc) I don't have much experience here.
From my very basic research so far I think I'll have to swap both the diode and the driver, but the driver may not work since the pointer ran on 2x AAA's and the projector runs on AC power, although I suspect it converts it to DC before actually getting to the driver.
Anyway, I'm looking to be pointed in the right direction for general build information, I'm not so much looking to just modify this unit as I am learn all I can about building them.
What are some of the better resources out there?
Thanks in advance!