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Alright, I will try to keep the length of this feedback post to a somewhat reasonable length.
About a month ago, I embarked on a mission to assemble a PHR build inside one of jayrob's pen hosts builds. I used the a Rkcstr driver soldered directly to the pins of the PHR since space was tight. After breaking five PHR's, I was about to give up on the DIY aspect of lasers.
Little did I know, I was over heating the diodes, thus leading to their destruction. Thankfully, Dave chimed in and gave me some soldering tips which eventually helped me successfully solder the pins to the driver. W00t!
So, the hard part was finally behind me, or so I thought. Once I put the Aixiz module back together, I proceeded to build the push button circuitry. Once that was completed I tested everything out before putting it all inside of the host. So far so good...
Once I put it into the host, nothing happened when I pressed the button to light the laser. I was scratching my head saying "wtf?" I took everything out to make sure I didn't somehow fry my diode, and sure enough it still worked. So I began to think that somehow I created a short when I placed everything inside of the host. I checked the circuit board & even the battery contact spring inside of the host to make sure none of it was touching the barrel. No shorts involved.
I once again turned to Dave for help. He said that if I wanted I could send it to his place where he would take a look at it for me. At first I didn't want to take him up on the offer due to the fact that I really wanted this to be 100% done by me. After a day or two more of tinkering with the host trying to figure out what could be wrong with it, I gave up and took Dave up on his offer. I sent it to him to look at it.
Two days after I mailed it, he received it and instantly got to work on it. He sent me a PM later on that day and informed me that it was a fitting issue and that the module wasn't making good contact with the host. I was dumbfounded as I thought it was making a good connection due to the snugness of the fit. Dave even took the time to measure the output with his LPM (85mW @ 110mA)
Well, that's my story and I'm sticking to it. Dave has been nothing but helpful on this forum to me and everyone else that needs it. I appreciate what he's done for me, as he saved me from giving up on DIY. Thanks Dave, I owe you one. You are definitely the Chuck Norris of lasers!
About a month ago, I embarked on a mission to assemble a PHR build inside one of jayrob's pen hosts builds. I used the a Rkcstr driver soldered directly to the pins of the PHR since space was tight. After breaking five PHR's, I was about to give up on the DIY aspect of lasers.
Little did I know, I was over heating the diodes, thus leading to their destruction. Thankfully, Dave chimed in and gave me some soldering tips which eventually helped me successfully solder the pins to the driver. W00t!
So, the hard part was finally behind me, or so I thought. Once I put the Aixiz module back together, I proceeded to build the push button circuitry. Once that was completed I tested everything out before putting it all inside of the host. So far so good...
Once I put it into the host, nothing happened when I pressed the button to light the laser. I was scratching my head saying "wtf?" I took everything out to make sure I didn't somehow fry my diode, and sure enough it still worked. So I began to think that somehow I created a short when I placed everything inside of the host. I checked the circuit board & even the battery contact spring inside of the host to make sure none of it was touching the barrel. No shorts involved.
I once again turned to Dave for help. He said that if I wanted I could send it to his place where he would take a look at it for me. At first I didn't want to take him up on the offer due to the fact that I really wanted this to be 100% done by me. After a day or two more of tinkering with the host trying to figure out what could be wrong with it, I gave up and took Dave up on his offer. I sent it to him to look at it.
Two days after I mailed it, he received it and instantly got to work on it. He sent me a PM later on that day and informed me that it was a fitting issue and that the module wasn't making good contact with the host. I was dumbfounded as I thought it was making a good connection due to the snugness of the fit. Dave even took the time to measure the output with his LPM (85mW @ 110mA)
Well, that's my story and I'm sticking to it. Dave has been nothing but helpful on this forum to me and everyone else that needs it. I appreciate what he's done for me, as he saved me from giving up on DIY. Thanks Dave, I owe you one. You are definitely the Chuck Norris of lasers!