Hi guys,
in my last thread, I posted this schematic of the Dr. Lava Micro Flex Drive V5. Since no one would find it there, I think it is useful to make a thread for this.
I recently modified one of these and had the opportunity to check the pot again.
I know this is interesting since these pots tend to break and finding a replacement is hard. I found that the Panasonic EVM-2X series pots fit the footprint. The original pot reads 6 - 3, meaning that it is a 6k pot. It has measured 6.2k, so this fits. However, I was not able to find such a pot. If you need to replace it, just take 10k. You extend the lower range with this pot a little bit (so you can go to lower currents and the range of the pot is bigger), but this shouldn't matter.
This driver is still sold here:
https://sites.google.com/site/dtrlpf/home/laser-drivers/micro-flexdrive-v5
and here:
https://innolasers.com/shop/index.php?id_product=8&controller=product
Hope this helps some of you guys.
Best regards,
Nikolas
in my last thread, I posted this schematic of the Dr. Lava Micro Flex Drive V5. Since no one would find it there, I think it is useful to make a thread for this.
I recently modified one of these and had the opportunity to check the pot again.
I know this is interesting since these pots tend to break and finding a replacement is hard. I found that the Panasonic EVM-2X series pots fit the footprint. The original pot reads 6 - 3, meaning that it is a 6k pot. It has measured 6.2k, so this fits. However, I was not able to find such a pot. If you need to replace it, just take 10k. You extend the lower range with this pot a little bit (so you can go to lower currents and the range of the pot is bigger), but this shouldn't matter.
This driver is still sold here:
https://sites.google.com/site/dtrlpf/home/laser-drivers/micro-flexdrive-v5
and here:
https://innolasers.com/shop/index.php?id_product=8&controller=product
Hope this helps some of you guys.
Best regards,
Nikolas
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