I've gone through 3 now. True they are cheap Dollar Tree pointers, but their own (tiny watch type) batteries measure 5 volts. They work great for abut 10 minutes on 5v then gradually dim out. I assume they must be drawing too much current from the 5v Arduino supply. I'm no authority on Ohm's law, bu…

Why is my Arduino frying my lasers?

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