Jul 19, 2009 #1 O OptoManiac Newbie level 1 Joined Jul 19, 2009 Messages 1 Helped 0 Reputation 0 Reaction score 0 Trophy points 1,281 Activity points 1,288 hacking cdrom motor Hi, I bought a few CD ROM drives and want to use the : 1. Laser and its sensor. I will definitely put some of the lasers to use as a pointer and others will be coupled with a camera to be implemented as a rangefinder 2. Brushless DC motor I have done a detailed writeup here https://sites.google.com/site/jongasse/inside-a-cdrom-drive-bay-the-electronics, with pictures and all and uploaded detailed pictures here as well. Do have a look and help me out with the above two points (Tell me : Should I copy the writeup here or will it be better to leave it as a clickable link?) - JonG
hacking cdrom motor Hi, I bought a few CD ROM drives and want to use the : 1. Laser and its sensor. I will definitely put some of the lasers to use as a pointer and others will be coupled with a camera to be implemented as a rangefinder 2. Brushless DC motor I have done a detailed writeup here https://sites.google.com/site/jongasse/inside-a-cdrom-drive-bay-the-electronics, with pictures and all and uploaded detailed pictures here as well. Do have a look and help me out with the above two points (Tell me : Should I copy the writeup here or will it be better to leave it as a clickable link?) - JonG