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Time to horde diodes
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Agreed, kecked! Hopefully affordable laser pointers and engravers aren't on their way out!Time to horde diodes
@Gryphon they are dual beam reds?Looks like not as good optics on that case I do believe these are first generation reds from Nichia so that could be it too i mean 2.5W per LD I'd expect them to be dual beam but looks like single beams so thats in the correct path at least.
Unlikely, unless we find some totally new materials to make them from. The AlInGaP and AlGaN can take only so much power density. If single emiter sources will have higher power they'll have even worse beam in slow axisSingle emitters will get stronger and will be more cost effective, in the future.
I expect we will see projectors with 1R, 1G, 1B and maybe a yellow laser diode and as quantum dot diodes will be less expensive to produce as well as more efficient, we should see an end to these cluster arrays in favor of stronger and higher quality single emitters..... that said wrecking a new projector to get a diode that you can't otherwise buy yet will be more expensive when there are only 1 of each inside.
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Thanks, used some thermal paste and makes a world of difference!If your diodes heat so much your solder melts you are either going to kill them dead in minutes or are using eutectic solder! You must heat sink these always. There is no coming back they are likely damaged.