I'm planning to take apart a few old DVD burners, but I want to order some heatsinks first. That's kind of hard though because I don't know the form factor of the diode. (you know, TO-18, TO-5 etc )
Any idea what I have to expect?
I'm thinking about buying one of those 1W 520nm diodes. I think "NUGM01T" is what they are called.
I have built a handheld laser before, but it was easy because I just needed to solder a diode to a driver and put everything in a flashlight-like case. And everything fitted in perfectly.
But I...