About a year ago, my quest for one of the fabled 5W C-mount 650nm diodes ended when Jmillerdoc kindly let me buy his. I bought a PLD5000 driver and set the current to a little over 4A, and dropped the diode into one of those common c-mount casings on eBay. I get a huge beam, but it is powerful and red and I am happy. :evil: I finally got around to making a video!
https://youtu.be/iW0oEeIQwkE
I also added some info on my solid state laser projects, and hope to finish those cannons once I graduate and get some time off!!!
https://youtu.be/iW0oEeIQwkE
I also added some info on my solid state laser projects, and hope to finish those cannons once I graduate and get some time off!!!