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New 650nm 100mW handheld on DX






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I just want to see what lens and module the laser uses. This may be a great host for different diodes if the lens isn't coated and has a better focal length, making the beam diameter slimmer.
 
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jamilm9 said:
plus  it runs on 3 volts what driver does it use.

Good point!! Must be a boost driver. Or some sort of really really really low drop out driver, but don't the red diodes take about 3.5v? Now I'm even more curious.

There are those tiny tiny red diodes out there that only take 3v to run, and thats with the driver and everything, but I really doubt they have one of those that can do 100mW...
 

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Yea, it's a red diode, doesn't have to have a driver :p Maybe a resistor+capacitor, or even nothing :-/
 
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My guess is that it is another pulsar type design. Even if it is it is a much better deal than WL's ripoff.
 

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styropyro said:
My guess is that it is another pulsar type design. Even if it is it is a much better deal than WL's ripoff.

Does the pulsar not have a driver?
 
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Sefrez said:
[quote author=styropyro link=1222534631/0#12 date=1222554199]My guess is that it is another pulsar type design. Even if it is it is a much better deal than WL's ripoff.

Does the pulsar not have a driver?[/quote]
IIRC it does, but it's not voltage regulated so anything above 3 volts kills it.
 
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It doesn't have a driver, all that is there on the PCB is a switch. The Internal Resistance of AAAs must be high enough to not allow too much current to go through the diode, if you ran the pulsar off of 2 AAs the thing would fry near instantly.
 




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