- Joined
- Oct 24, 2008
- Messages
- 1,057
- Points
- 48
Hey I am thinking about buying a couple of good old 5mw green lasers with the intention of trying to self mod them to more power.
Is it possible to remove the old driver, build a new one with a adjustable LM317 transistor circuit and get more power? I know the IR diode is rated a much high current than 5mW due to the power hungry crystals. So by feeding more current into the IR diode how much power do you think I can get? What is the max current and voltage on a IR diode like that. Will I burn out the crystals?
I have never tried anything like this I don't know if it will work. How exactly do laser sellers achieve such high mW levels in a pen laser? I really doubt they swap out the diode and crystals for betters ones.
Thanks guys
-Tony
Is it possible to remove the old driver, build a new one with a adjustable LM317 transistor circuit and get more power? I know the IR diode is rated a much high current than 5mW due to the power hungry crystals. So by feeding more current into the IR diode how much power do you think I can get? What is the max current and voltage on a IR diode like that. Will I burn out the crystals?
I have never tried anything like this I don't know if it will work. How exactly do laser sellers achieve such high mW levels in a pen laser? I really doubt they swap out the diode and crystals for betters ones.
Thanks guys
-Tony