The I "C" Red Battle Royale LPF Contest

[Wolfman29]

The neat part about my design is that it'll work for just about any diode, actually. It'll scale in 1A segments. I will be paralleling three slightly changed BlitzLinears (compatible with my power-scaling board), but the power could be upped to a maximum of 4A if I made it four BlitzLinears or 2A if I made it two BlitzLinears. The awesome part is that the power-scaling board will always scale from 20% max current to maximum current.

I'll have to see how much heatsink room I will have when I get the phaser (already ordered it), but it should be good

 

[Lazerbeak]

Wow! A triple driver Next Generation Star Trek Phaser. Geek-gasm

~ LB

 

[Wolfman29]

Well, I would use one driver but my little BlitzLinears can't handle more than 1A each XD

I'm really excited for this design/build too, and I may actually buy a diode if I don't win the contest =p

 

[Lazerbeak]

I think you and the other entrants will have some interest in your designs contest or not

~ LB

 

[Wolfman29]

I certainly hope so! I'm really ancy to get this phaser in the mail. I think I'm going to have to figure out what to do with the plastic tip... maybe if it's translucent enough, I can just shine the laser through the plastic XD

 

[benmwv]

Eh, I think youre gonna need to drill it out. Shining through more plastic will drop the power a lot I think. And it probably wont be good for the beam shape.

 

[Wolfman29]

Probably!

 

[Lazerbeak]

http://laserpointerforums.com/f49/what-happens-if-lens-isn-t-centered-perfectly-84296.html

Posted by IssacT(WBS)

The beam shoots out of the laser in an angle and it will rotate while the lens is turning.

All C-mount packages are the same. They are industrial standard. No need to measure it yourself. Find the specs on the net.

***edit** just looked up for myself:

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Some of Lazeerer's beautiful work...

http://laserpointerforums.com/f42/2-1w-evil-shadow-650nm-c-mount-diode-build-handheld-83267.html

~ LB

 

[IsaacT]

Thanks for linking that here Lazerbeak, that will be helpful for everyone getting a heatsink/host made for them.

I am about to see what kind of screw these diodes come with and I will let yall know if you need it threaded or just a hole with a nut behind it.

 

[IsaacT]

The screw is 2mm thick. Hopefully that is enough to tell machinists what you need.

 

[Lazerbeak]

Thank you for starting the thread Issac :beer:

~ LB

 

[cantthinkofone]

Hehe. I'm pissed now because I went a little solder happy on my prototype and ruined a potentiometer I'll get the part later today and post pics of the finished prototype

 

[Lazerbeak]

Argh Bummer about that cantthinkofone. I'm terrible at soldering personally
Take your time with it.

A good series posted by another member a while back, can't remember who at the moment.

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An interesting Tec fan c-mount set-up. Not portable but uses a spring-loaded mounting system to quickly swap out diodes

Temperature Controlled C-Mount Fixture LDM-4409

Tec cooling with nitrogen purge to prevent condensation.

http://www.arroyoinstruments.com/products/242

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Just some interesting C-mount hardware from Edmunds...

http://www.edmundoptics.com/optomechanics/modular-mounting-components/c-mount-components/

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Cryo-Tec Cooling...

http://www.digitalstormonline.com/cryo-tec.asp

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Nitrogen Purge desiccation Explained

http://www.sae.org/mags/aem/9130/

~ LB

 

[cantthinkofone]

I'm surprised no ones found my host. I'm too lazy to upload pics now but my prototype is done its so cool. I took a diode out of a laser sight that was running at like 4.5 and updated it to a 9v. I know it's bad but I like the light

 

[IsaacT]

I have been too busy making schematics of my own to search for anyone else's. Have any pictures?

 

[Lazerbeak]

Uh oh, the dark horse moves ahead...

~ LB