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So I've been doing some searching and I found a website that apparantly sells 405nm Sanyo blue laser diodes: http://www.photonic-products.com/products/sanyo_violet_laser_diodes/sanyo_violetblue.html Are these a possibility for later? Dunno why I'm asking. Just fyi I guess

OK, I've gotten several PS3 sleds and salvaging the diodes from them. I've kept the flex-pcb on the back and that helps a bit. However, I've been having problems actually hooking it up. I've created a breadboard circuit according to DDL's schematics and threads. I've also gotten parts and also...

Re: DONE ***  BluRays again ;)  *** DONE Nice. I have two questions, the first I already asked because I wasn't expecting the extra lens. The second is, what method did you find to be the most effective at removing the diode safely, DDL? I've removed the housing for it without any damage, and...

Interested. But I'll start work on the ones I just got. Reason for interest: friends want me to build them blu-ray pointers. Let me know final pricing and such.

Re: DONE ***  BluRays again ;)  *** DONE Nice, just got mine today. Question though, there's a second lens included with the case. Is it an alternative lens to use instead of the original one or something else?

I'm applying to California State Universities and University of California colleges. CalPoly, UC Davis, UC Santa Barbara, UC LA, UC Santa Cruz. They were due on the 30th of last month, so I'm done now. Wohoo. But anyway, great. Hope that they do decide to just sell the Blu-Rays only. Would they...

Re: DONE ***  BluRays again ;)  *** DONE Too bad Sony doesn't sell these in bulk. I tried looking to see if any companies sold Blu-Rays in bulk. But all I got was a list of Blu-Ray laser diodes that Sony has available in their products and diodes that they are working on for future products...

Re: DONE ***  BluRays again ;)  *** DONE You should add a "charge for work" because you have to do it by hand. Unless you already do that then I'll be quiet. Either way, yeah, I noticed how hard it is to remove the diode by hand because I ordered a sled from eBay and had to remove it. It was...

Ok. On a separate note, I decided to look up the blu-ray laser diodes that Sony has and I came up with this: http://www.sony.net/Products/SC-HP/pro/laser_diode/blu_ray.html I'm guessing that the burner LDs would be really expensive.  But it looks like there are some burner LDs avaiable...

Yeah. Thanks, that was a releif to know that it did go through. The last thing I need right now would be to know that the order didn't go through.

Ok, I'll keep the flex-PCB next time I get my hands on a PS3 diode. However, to help prevent any possible stray wires coming in contact with the other pins, it wouldn't hurt snipping the unused pins off would it? I coudn't imagine that it would, unless you got the pins wrong.

Aw nuts! Just my luck that I missed this by a day. And when I read it, I'm at school and can't order anyway. AARG!! COLLEGE APPS TAKE TOO MUCH TIME!!! Also, what's the word on the other order of Blu-ray diodes? Did my order go through for that one? I probably should have confirmed that a long...

True enough. I now have enough time to work on the project because I'm finished filling out college applications and now I just have a long wait until they get back to me on acceptance or not. I found out yesterday night that the pins on the back of the Blu-Ray are incredibly irritating to...

Ok. Thanks. I'm using a 5K pot.  Since has a greater range, does this mean that at a point, the resistance will be too great that the laser diode won't work? Or should I just skip the 5K pot and just use resistor values instead to keep a steady and safe current?  In that case, I would have the...

Yeah, I saw that pin-out, but it really didn't help me because there's nothing to figure out which way the diode is being held.  Because of the five pins in a pentagon shape, there are five different "tops" that could be possible.  Is there a different characteristic to the ground pin that sets...

Ok, since that question was ansered, I have another: What is the pin-out for the diode in relation to the grooves on the case? What is the pin-out for the LM317? Also, in the digram on the web page that LarryQ gave me, there's a schematic given. However, I'm confused at the representation of...

Ok, I just realized that I was thinking that it took 50 volts to work the laser.

You could go the hella cheap way that I would do: -buy a green laser pointer from a store or online for cheep -get a bunch of cable-ties -make some groves in the laser casing wide enough to groove a cable-tie -cable-tie it up But that's just me.  If you have the tools, you could make something...

Ah, ok. So I'm guessing that it would just be better to stick with a microwave cannon to burn without fire? Ah well, thank god for parabolic mirrors.

just a general question: if you had a powerful IR laser, you could use it as a wepon right? I mean, you wouldn't have to shin them in the eye to hurt them? I'm guessing because IR is heat, so a concentrated beam would be hell. Sorta like those new microwave weapons that they just brought out to...