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Last Updated on: Wednesday, June 02, 2021 05:08 AM


Circuits Designed by Dave Johnson, P.E. :
Tester for Modulated Laser Diode -  This circuit can either be used to test laser diodes or as a general purpose modulated light source. The circuit has an adjustable diode threshold current and an adjustable modulation frequency. The frequency can be adjusted from below 30KHz to above 50MH . . . [Hobby Circuit designed by Dave Johnson P.E.,  03/20/99]
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Sensor Derives Power from Laser Over Fiber -  02/15/96 EDN Design Idea   The photovoltaic power-supply circuit in Figure 1 delivers 3.34V (±1. 67V) at 5 to 20 mA to a low-power data-acquisition circuit. The total conversion efficiency is 40%; you can thus use a low-cost laser as the power source. The LM385Z shunt-regulates the photovoltaic converter at 1. 67V output. This voltage is close to the optimum power-out value for the converter, which specs a 2V open-circuit output. The MAX665 voltage-inverter circuit provides about 95% efficiency vs the 83% you'd obtain from a boost switcher, whose high start-up currents could cause the circuit to hang up. Moreover, the inverter doubler does not produce current spikes, and its ramp-shaped ripple is easy to filter. Low power-supply noise is important in powering a 12-bit ADC at 3.3V (1 LSB=0. 8 mV). . .  [by Noor Khalsa, EG&G Los Alamos, NM]

Simple high current pulsed laser driver using an avalanche transistor -  . . . 

Simple laser communicator -  . . . 

 

Simple Laser Communicator #2 -  . . . 

 

Simple LASER Transmitter/Receiver using HeNe laser tube -  . . .  [Designer's name not included]

 

Sniper tag laser beam detector -  . . . 

 

Sniper tag laser beam detector -  The hardware for this project had three main components: laser gun assembly, detector unit, control pad. The detector unit’s function was to simply detect a laser pulse over a small area sent by the laser driver circuit on the laser gun assembly. In reaction to this detection the control pad would keep correct score, play a short sound to indicate a hit, and transmit a successful hit via an RF frequency to the other player’s control pad where it would be received and displayed. These three components joined together would complete the laser transmission, detection, and control for use in a typical laser tag environment. . .  [by Chris Chan and Kenneth Liu]

 

Tester for Modulated Laser Diode -  This circuit can either be used to test laser diodes or as a general purpose modulated light source. The circuit has an adjustable diode threshold current and an adjustable modulation frequency. The frequency can be adjusted from below 30KHz to above 50MH . . . [Hobby Circuit designed by Dave Johnson P.E.,  03/20/99]

 

Tunable Laser Reference Design for Designers with the ADUC832/ ADN8830/ ADN2830 -  AN-655 Analog Devices App Note - . . . 

 

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