20pcs 5V 650nm 5mW Red Dot Laser Head Red Laser Diode Laser Tube with Leads Head Outer Diameter 6mm
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There is not a 1 or a 3B is the answer. During use of the laser, do not expose people to its radiation, and do not look at the laser with your naked eye
Selected User Reviews For 20pcs 5V 650nm 5mW Red Dot Laser Head Red Laser Diode Laser Tube with Leads Head Outer Diameter 6mm
While the laser diodes work fine, there is no information on the electrical specifications. A couple of years ago, I bought 100 pieces of current-limiting resistors and discovered that their laser diodes came with a 91-ohm resistor. Since I selected a higher limiting resistor, I had to make adjustments to get the same output, but with less power. There was no mention that the diffuser lens was removable in the specs. When I installed the lenses, some of the caps were loose, which I noticed when I installed them. We removed the lens cap and found a spring within. So play it safe and check the lens caps for tightness.
There is no way to adjust the focus! All of my ones have been locked with thread locker despite the fact that the focus on these is supposed to be adjustable. My attempt to adjust it broke one of them. Due to some genius' decision to lock the focus on the diodes, now I have 19 diodes that are completely useless to me. A Mention OF THIS SHOULD HAVE Been Made in the item description!.
An incorrect alignment of the laser beam with the housing is evident. As a result of this, if the cylindrical housing is placed in a hole, the laser beam does not point with respect to the axis of the hole, but is instead skew to it. You can rotate the laser housing to move the laser spot in a circle. If your laser beam needs to remain aligned with or perpendicular to some reference, this is not a good choice. I have tried four so far, and all have worked. The only problem, they are very inexpensive.
Even ignoring the alignment issue, which is my concern here, we can see in a number of the modules that the lasers are causing the lenses to flare badly.
With the advent of laser diodes, electronic projects have become inexpensive.