Recent content by starkey480

whats the difference between an open can diode and a closed can diode? will they work the same?

whats the screw for??

well, i built my own driver and it works perfectly, the only thing is, i ordered one of those sleds with the burning diode in it and hooked it up to my driver and it didnt work. i know its not my driver because it works with other diodes. i dont know what went wrong. my packaging was dented in...

ya kipkay, you suck. and cant i just make a driver for a few bucks from stuff at radio shack?? and if i were to use a dvd rw drive diode, assuming it is 250 mw i would use a 10 ohm resistor correct?

hi i recently made my first laser just by taking my diode out of my dvd rw drive and putting it in a laser module and then used a maglight to power it, (the kipkay one) however, after only playing with it for 20 minutes it got really dim. im assuming the diode is fried. I want to make another...