no, I am going to using a lasorb , I did not have a spare for the other one and was using a switching diode till I could get my hands on another lasorb for that wavelength, I have one now for the 490 blue, my boss gave me one, and I am going to mod the driver I have with your instructions, when the original 490 failed it was just running and died, I was not doing anything with it but shining it into optical calcite. I can post pics of that if you want
I was just confused by not getting any feedback from you, and wondering when I will get the 490nm diode.
I fully intend to mod the driver and I now have a suitable lasorb, just waiting on a diode.
The 520nm laser diode has always had a lasorb on it and it's working just fine,
and to clarify a bit more, I was comparing the startup noise with a lasorb compared to a high speed switching diode and posted the pictures of the waveforms, I knew there was a risk to the 505nm diode with this test comparison and I know why it failed. I think I mentioned that the 505 had a lot of hours on it as well.
Last edited by Draco; 06-10-2018 at 22:55.
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