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Hemlock_Mike those numbers where provided by the e-bay seller who soled me my 445 1 watt. are you e-bay seller quijalicious?:beer:

I recently bought a 1 watt 445 diode from pulled from a Casio I was not told if it was an A140 OR AN A130 but I do have these test current values for the diode I bought 200 ma -- 23 mW* --* 3.7 Vld 300 ma -- 125 mW -- 3.8 400 ma -- 244 mW -- 3.9 500 ma -- 340 mW -- 4.0 600 ma -- 450 mW -- 4.1...

This is all good news I thank you all Thanks spartan x for the reminder to remain patient. This is what I think I am going to use. http://laserpointerforums.com/f42/diy-homemade-laser-diode-driver-26339.html check it out every one. thanks again G

I must be reading some thing wrong I have a 445nm 1watt diode with the following operating specks (see below please!). I would like to operate this diode as close to its maximum out put as is practical. I have been looking over some of the most popular drivers, (micro boost, flex drive, etc) and...