My first Blu-Ray!!!!(Pictures Added)

[jayrob]

This is what is good about this hobby -- someone builds, learns and shares about a project.  
Mike

Mike, your statement is in one sentence, the complete sum of best part of this hobby!

"learns, ...builds, ... project, ...shares"  

The most satisfaction is from building! ...and sharing.





Wack, that is a good idea with the silicon diode. It should drop the overall voltage by .5 to .7 volts. Same as we do when using a 6 volt supply with the FlexDrive!
Jay

 

[moond0ggie]

Nice project & results,
the next one should go smoother for you.........................

 

[ndrew2505]

: im glad i could help you with this build even if i did only sell you the diode. its a very nice build and i hope to see more builds from you.

 

[scopeguy20]

billg519 you were right my peanut butter glows too! To my eye, It's blue with dot on BTW, the residual glow after the dot moves away, (green), is Phosphorescence!

 

[Wallydraigle]

I just tried the peanut butter.  I had heard that it was fluorescent but I didn't know it had any residual thing going on.  It was awesome.

 

[50Freestyle]

I tried it on my peanut butter too, its pretty cool. Makes you wonder what they put into it though :. I tested it out on some regular ol' peanuts and they did the same thing, its kinda wierd. I'll have to ask my chem teacher about that.

Thanks Jay for answering Wackjobs questions for me

Wackjob,
I was having second thoughs on if the CR123's would work or not for exactly the same reason. I thought they only charged to 3.6V each and I read somewhere that some people have trouble powering Blu-Rays at 7.2V. I got my batteries though and found out they charge to 4.2V and hold that charge. I was happy and that battery charge lasts for hours. As long as you don't get a pair of dud batteries that only charge to like 1.5V you'll be fine.

Its nice to learn from your mistakes, but even better when your mistakes happen to work. I'm sure that I will be building another Blu-Ray in the future. I do have a question though. Does anyone know if the infrared diode in the 803t sleds is any good for burning? If so, what would be a good current to drive it at?

 

[50Freestyle]

I'm just happy this thing turned out alright, my dad and relatives are astonished I can build something like this at my age. They think it is alot harder than it really is. Just think, if you didn't know how to build one then it would sound like building a laser would be very complicated.

 

[pullbangdead]

Thanks Jay...as usual your help and advice is first class!

Oh...I just thought of something.  If I used the 10440's with Rckstr's driver could I place a 1n4001 diode in-line with the positive side of the battery to reduce the voltage below 12v's?

To add to what Jayrob said that this would work, you can also make one slight modification to the driver itself and it'll work fine over 12V. The only thing limiting it to 12V is the MOSFET that gives the reverse polarity protection (ie if the batteries are backwards, it won't break the driver). So, as long as you are careful enough to ALWAYS have the proper polarity in place with respect to the driver, you can just detach the MOSFET from the board and short across the contacts (2 of them, it actually has 3 contacts, but you just short from source to drain). I did this for use with the 3x10440, and it works great. At least that is the case with the drivers I've used, but if it has changed in the last month or 2, that info may be just slightly out of date.