5mW laser module - what would you do with it?

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  • Th3_uN1Qu3
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    • Jul 2010
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    5mW laser module - what would you do with it?

    Besides keeping the cat busy of course.

    I have one recovered from a chinese flashlight where the batteries leaked. The flashlight used 3x AAAs but it appears that was just for the flashlight itself which uses white LEDs, as the module has a voltage drop of 2.27v at 24mA so it can be used with just two 1.5v cells, or one lithium ion. From 18mA up it hardly gets any brighter, so i didn't increase the current past 24mA - it seems this is a 5mW module.

    I already thought of a cool use - a laser tripwire to trigger a prank on somebody. Since it is red and fairly bright, the receiver could either be an IR LED or just a regular transparent red LED. On a more professional note - modulating it to stream data at a distance, but that's been done already. I'm open to other ideas. And no it can't burn stuff unfortunately.
    Originally posted by PeteS in CA
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