Hacking a 532

[lulighttec]

Hi Guys and Gals,

I'm trying to hack a 532 with TEC and TTL driven to make it work with a Flexmod. I'm doing my best, but I was hoping someone with a little more experience might be able to lend a hand. Possibly, someone might have even already reverse engineered this laser. I'm snapping pics as I go along, and putting them in an album called "Hacking a 532" under my profile. Any help is appreciated. I plan to try to draw a schematic of the driver/power supply (in this case they are the same thing).

Thanks,

Newlin

[lulighttec]

Addendum: I have no idea what kind of laser it is, or I definitely would have included that information. :-)

[badger1666]

Well pics might help

[lulighttec]

Well pics might help

I refer you back to this line in the first post: "I'm snapping pics as I go along, and putting them in an album called 'Hacking a 532' under my profile."

Thanks,

Newlin

[Retina Burn]

easy
Take all static precautions

[Retina Burn]

your pictures gave me a headache..try smaller pictures
and just pictures of the head and pump Diode,,also the thermo pile and TEC wires

[lulighttec]

Well, I can try taking different pictures, but I'm really not sure which wires are which, which is most of the reason I posted... Also, it's going to be really hard to take a picture of the pump diode without tearing down the whole head, but I'll get as many pictures up as I can...

[Retina Burn]

do you have a good multimeter?
just set the head down on a table and take pictures,not too close,,,,I can run you thru a few tests,,,
man there are other foos who can chime in also

[lulighttec]

@Retina Burn: Tell me what kind of pics you want exactly... I put some up, but... and some tests would be great. Also, I can't quite pull it apart enough (for fear of damaging it) to get at the pump diode, and I can't tell which wires are the thermo... they're all encased in what looks like hot glue.

Thanks,

Newlin

[lulighttec]

Ok, so I did a little digging, and I found which wires go to what in the head. I had to use an exacto knife very carefully! I updated the schematic in a form that should be a little easier to see, and added the head information to it. Now I'm just not sure exactly what to do with this new information. Take a look in the album at the pic labeled "SchematicSmall". (made a correction to the image today.)

-N