Thanks for all the responses. The power supply that burned my first diode is a PS3010 model. I am getting a new laser diode soon, and I hope I won't have to go through the grim experience again. I am definitely going to build a driver before I connect the new diode to any power source. I...
Hmm, thanks for the responses. I was originally going to build a driver anyway, but I guess I was too eager to play with the diode and ended up destroying it... too bad, better luck next time I guess. Do you have a particular driver in mind for this type of diode? Possibly one with soft start...
Heyas. New on forums and w00t for my first post.
Okay, here's the thing. I recently got a PHR-803T sled and decided to build a blu-ray pointer out of it. I carefully extracted the blu-ray diode by following some tutorials on i-hacked. The hardest part was removing the cooler box around it...