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Test - 3.6mm Diode from the Pioneer 203 & 205 Drives

daguin said:
Has the Short Open Can (SOC) diode been discontinued. If not then maybe we should alter the designation of this one to SmOC (Small Open Can) to avoid confusion.

Peace,
dave
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It's your choice, let me know and I'll add it as SmOC.
 





Looks like you're kissing them ..... (SmOoCh, LOL)

Seriously speaking, Dave, have you already made some survival tests for them ? ..... i mean, if you already have an idea about how much they can survive at that maximum power and current, or if your test was "increasing til the dead" type .....

I'm wondering if these units can be used for make a pen-style unit, powered from a pair of 10440 and a linear driver ..... just wondering.
 
HIMNL9 said:
Looks like you're kissing them ..... (SmOoCh, LOL)

Seriously speaking, Dave, have you already made some survival tests for them ? ..... i mean, if you already have an idea about how much they can survive at that maximum power and current, or if your test was "increasing til the dead" type .....

I'm wondering if these units can be used for make a pen-style unit, powered from a pair of 10440 and a linear driver ..... just wondering.
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I didn't do any long term testing of them. I only had three and I destroyed one when my (5.6mm) tool slipped pressing this 3.6mm diode into the heat sink. Their profile is very similar to the long crystal diodes we use now (LOC & LCC). I will run them significantly below the limit for those diodes in my 7-color builds.

I would think that these would work just fine in a pen laser. They did NOT produce the level of heat that the LOC and LCC diodes do.

Unless we find these in a DVD burner somewhere, I don't think we will be using these much. I'm not buying a $215 BD 8X burner (Pioneer) when I can buy a $170 BD 8X burner (LG). The LG has a different (flat, plastic) red/IR diode in it.

Peace,
dave
 
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daguin said:
I didn't do any long term testing of them. I only had three and I destroyed one when my (5.6mm) tool slipped pressing this 3.6mm diode into the heat sink. Their profile is very similar to the long crystal diodes we use now (LOC & LCC). I will run them significantly below the limit for those diodes in my 7-color builds.

I would think that these would work just fine in a pen laser. They did NOT produce the level of heat that the LOC and LCC diodes do.

Unless we find these in a DVD burner somewhere, I don't think we will be using these much. I'm not buying a $215 BD 8X burner (Pioneer) when I can buy a $170 BD 8X burner (LG). The LG has a different (flat, plastic) red/IR diode in it.

Peace,
dave
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So, basically, til now they're found only in that type of burner ..... agree with you, then, no reasons for spend so much just for one more red diode (at least, til we don't find something similar in cheaper DVD-burners :D)

Thanks for the info.
 
If there is not line through the beam that would be the best choice for 7 color laser project.
I have LOC 5.6mm diode and this diode makes cross through the beam.

But, where to find these 3.6mm diodes for cheap and where to find host?
 
wow, exactly, thats the big news for me too, with these diodes! they have no "wings"? like, when focusing to a dot some meters away, its just a dot? i cant believe it! thats almost as good as more power, its prettier power! :-)

too bad i probably wont get any..

manuel
 
I don't know where those pushing the limits can post anymore without the data getting bogged down with fluff.

We need a closed forum for experimenters pushing the limits.

I have a SmOC from a bdr-205 giving me 340 mW at 500 mA @3.1V

Is there some other place in this fog of posts to put this?

HMike
 
Slip --
Are you testing a 3mm diode right now? What are you using? Why do you ask?
The module is the least of the problems because as I have posted elsewhere, I machine my own adapters for the Aixiz. The lens I'm using is more important to the power output.
This is why we need an experimenter's forum -- Specific to new diodes and technology.

HMike
 
Hemlock_Mike said:
Slip --
Are you testing a 3mm diode right now? What are you using? Why do you ask?
The module is the least of the problems because as I have posted elsewhere, I machine my own adapters for the Aixiz. The lens I'm using is more important to the power output.
This is why we need an experimenter's forum -- Specific to new diodes and technology.

HMike
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Hey HMike, what kind of adapter are you making?
I'm currently playing with my Small OC from the 205 sled. The heat sink it was in was 2 parts. I took it out of the rectangular 'sink and filed down the sides of the remaining metal to turn it into a "5.6mm" diode and pressed in into the Aixiz module.

I have no power supply but I will be testing this diode as soon as I can finish cleaning the only 650nm glass lens I have.

... Just tested (with flex drive)
275mW @ 420mA
300mW @ 500mA
LED at 560mA
Not a very good diode?
I was using Aixiz glass.
Maybe the heat sink was inadequate.
Oh well...
 
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Pierce ---

I turn a small aluminum adapter ring in my lathe so I can press it all together in an Aixiz and maintain the center line. Do you have a lathe?
I think if you use a Jayrob 650-G-1 red lens, your power reading will be very close to mine. Remember too that our meters may not read quite the same.

Right now, I'm more interested in the power and curve than the mounting.

HMike
 
Hemlock_Mike said:
Pierce ---

I turn a small aluminum adapter ring in my lathe so I can press it all together in an Aixiz and maintain the center line. Do you have a lathe?
I think if you use a Jayrob 650-G-1 red lens, your power reading will be very close to mine. Remember too that our meters may not read quite the same.

Right now, I'm more interested in the power and curve than the mounting.

HMike
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I see. No I do not have a lathe. I really should get one, though.
With the setup I used, the alignment was actually pretty good considering how crude it was. The beam was nearly perfectly centered.

I see.
I wish I could have plotted more points, but I am not set up to do so. Re-soldering the driver hundreds of times is inconvenient.

I may be getting another 205 drive, and will plot both the 12X and SmOC, but we will have to see, since my hobby funds are dry at the moment...

Wish list:
Power supply
Lathe
Better DMM
Better solder station
:whistle:
 
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