Recent content by Darkknight23

would you happen to know where i could get a red burning diode? that i could see the beam or dot, I would rather have one i could see. thx

Thanks for the info, Is he pretty good on quality?

ya the driver is hooked into the pc power supply I did not have anything else to power it with.

what diode can I get for this circuit that would be visible?

OK got a new power supply using from computer 12 v. at min its pulling .179 amps at max its pulling 1.080 amps, I tried the web cam trick and saw a very faint light at max with the diode right up aginst the white paper(the ir rays were not nearly as large as yours, I could barly see mine). I...

Ok thank you for the help ill try to find a different power supply.

I payed about 40 dollars for it on ebay.

Ok i got the rest of the parts and built the circuit to the schematics you sent identical to them except i used the 1117 regulator you said to use. I hooked a 9 volt battery to the diode and turned it on, i kinda leaned over and looked at it on an angle and saw a tiny dim red light but thats all...

Ya iam just trying to get the most power out of the diode and also a long life, or what i can. ya I was thinking about just puting 3 10ohm resistors in parallel like you said, would that still be ok with thw 100 ohm trimmer?

Do you think I could use a 100 ohm trimmer instead of a 50 ohm?

Would you happen to have another wiring diagram or modify the one you sent to me with the 470 ohm resistor and capasitor, sorry i do better looking at the wiring diagram then trying myself. lol thx

Ok I got the stuff kinda but the electrolytic capacitors are 35v instead of 16v will that work? also I could not get ahold of a 3.3 ohm resistior to save my life. but i got everything else i guess. what else could i use to replace that 3.3 ohm resistor?

Thank you for the help, I will let you know what happens when I get the components.

Hmm looks like iam going to have to get more parts, so did I blow up my diode then? I mean in the diode function on the dmm it still reads like a normal diode. Ya I thought that schematic might have been messed up my diode only had 2 legs.

I built another driver and the still nothing but this one the regulator actually get hot and iam getting .789 amps out of, http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4wHo2MPDwAc/R2YuBFTq09I/AAAAAAAAAAU/4FCiHm71rQE/s1600-h/Driver.jpg that is the electrical schematic I followed but I only used 1 4 ohm resistor...