I recently extrated the blu ray diode along with the curcuit board and whatnot that it's mounted on from an old blu ray player. It still has the power cable connected to it (on the diode end only) and rather than extracting just the diode and building a laser around that, I'm wondering if i can just supply power to the cable already connected to it and use it as it is. How would I go about doing that?
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Powering a blu ray laser
- Thread starter Pgkraus
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Hi,
Better to take the ribbon off of the diode solder two wires or solder the driver to the diode.
What is the sled you took it from first theres all kinds of diode powers 8x 12x 16x this will determine the xdrive setting you will need for that perticular diode. So you don't kill it , here is one of my 405nm builds its a BDR/209/405nm diode set to 650mA in a all brass pen host. Theres a flat package red diode in the BDR/209 sleds along with the 405nm/3.8mm diode
Better to take the ribbon off of the diode solder two wires or solder the driver to the diode.
What is the sled you took it from first theres all kinds of diode powers 8x 12x 16x this will determine the xdrive setting you will need for that perticular diode. So you don't kill it , here is one of my 405nm builds its a BDR/209/405nm diode set to 650mA in a all brass pen host. Theres a flat package red diode in the BDR/209 sleds along with the 405nm/3.8mm diode
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The cable connected to the diode? If you have a current and voltage regulator (so you don't burn out the diode) the yes, you could power it through the ribbon. If you don't have a current and voltage regulator, you can get a laser driver set at the proper amperage and voltage for the diode.
You said it was a blu ray player? Those won't be able to burn anything, but they are a nice violet color. If it was from a blu ray burner, what speed could it write at?
You said it was a blu ray player? Those won't be able to burn anything, but they are a nice violet color. If it was from a blu ray burner, what speed could it write at?
