Help setting up my laser onto my galvoboard

Hello!

I bought a galvokit and a laser to attach to it and am having trouble connecting the laser to the galvokit. (I will attach links and images of the galvo kit and laser at the bottom). (Also, it didn’t come with a manual and I asked the seller for one and they sent some PDF manual that doesn’t really help - I will also attach this as well).

The confusing part for me is having these bare metal end wires sticking out - how am I supposed to connect this to anything on the board? (Refer to picture of laser)

I am new to electronics so maybe the answer is simple, I just don’t know it. I imagine there has to be another little piece that helps make these bare metal wire ends operable?

Please let me know and feel free to message if you want.

The galvokit came with four boards. Since I can only attach 5 images, I’ve chosen the laser (with its bare metal ends), and an image of the boards I think are relevant.

(I asked Gemini AI and it said the laser is somehow supposed to go into the green box at the bottom of the board in B.2)??

The laser is the only image without these pink letters/numbers. It shows those bare metal ends I was talking about.

GALVOKIT I BOUGHT FROM AMAZON: Amazon.com

LASER I BOUGHT FROM AMAZON: Amazon.com

MANUAL FOR THE GALVOKIT:
AT25lasergalvo usermanualNEW 2.pdf (1.2 MB)

IMAGES:




Some info from searches:
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskElectronics/comments/1g8smtk/high_speed_laser_galvo_heatsink/
If you zoom in you can see the wiring.

Pretty comprehensive treatment:
https://hackaday.io/project/165977-laser-galvo-clock/log/164412-looking-at-the-galvos

A related project:
https://youtu.be/bdo3djJrw9o?si=-kJzp8cJN7KE4a3U

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