. But if I am supposed to solder the LD to the capacitor,(to prevent disconnecting of the LD) how would I monitor the current? It may sound like a dumb question but right now I have everything on a bread board with easy access to everything. Also those GB LDs are rated 130 mA. What would be a safe level before that and still have burning power? Maybe 115-120. I dont wanna push it too much ya know. Well thanks again and hopefully you can clarify these last(annoying)questions.
Use the 1 ohm resistor...at least 1 watt. Radio Shack has them... with a rating of 10watts. It's overkill but it will work.
So with the GB LDs being rated at 130 mA, you can push them to 160 mA? Wow that is crazy. Although I do not think my PSU can push that much because I had 4 white LEDs and I was only able to get 127 mA and that is at least resistance of the pot. But then again the LEDs were still really bright :-?. I dunno I am gonna give it a go when I get my module and LD. but only reading 127 mA on 4 LEDs was weird to me. What do you think?
