The discussion in this thread on low power usage for 445nm diodes which lase at a minimum 200ma or so leads me to this question for our driver experts.
Diy laser driver pwm.
This pwm to ttl laser module is design for eleksmaker series machine and its controller board.
The laser driver requires a supply voltage of at least 10v with current of at least 1 25a.
Eleksmaker use the mana board controler.
It has a 2 wire pulse width modulation pwm i.
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On most cnc machines a spindle output or spindle speed output can be used to control the laser power by way of changing the impulse duration or by changing the voltage on the output slot.
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I would like to be able to change the duty cycle from at least 5 95 or better.
If you do not have a pwm output but your board is compatible with an arduino nano then you may use the d11 output pin as a pwm to control the ttl.
But it can also be used for other diy machine which need to change ttl modulation.
What things you will need.
Dc 12v woring power.
To me the best option for operating this diode at low powers given the minimum lasing current and very low efficiency at those currents would be to control intensity via pulse width modulation pwm duty cycle adjustment.
Hi below is a driver circuit for a laser module i purchased recently the laser will be receiving a pwm audio signal from the output of the comparator that signal will switch the gate of the mosfet on off effectively shorting and unshorting the laser.
I will be feeding the pwm signal into the enable pins of my laser drivers.
The laser driver is connected to the psu through a breakout box that i made which provides standard banana jacks for 5v and 12v terminals.
I used an atx pc psu as a 12v power supply.
There will be an inversion in that the on.
I have 3 laser diodes rgb that i need to modulate using pwm at around 10khz.
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The other is laseraxes board.