I was caught by police the other day using my 1w 445nm in a public place, not dangerously or irresponsibly (kinda) but my friend needed a lighter and I had my laser handy. Low and behold as soon as I fire it up an unmarked car pulls up and asks me to hand it over. To my surprise he asked me what...
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Think I'll invest in a test load as I'm more than likely going to build many more lasers anyway. Hope this build goes well as its my first with a proper host (my other one was a old alarm clock) :')
I've just ordered a Cree XP-G R5 flashlight to use as a host. Originally I was going to drive an M140 diode With a boost driver soldered into the pill (striped of all components) but notices the flashlight driver is putting out up to 1.4a, three modes, low mid and high. I've looked through some...