Warning! n00b questions ahead!
So I see al these great pictures and movies oof your own home made laser scans, and now I'm like "ah, I want that too".
Offcourse I could buy a laser which is good-to-go, and then just hook it up to a DMX control panal and start playing, but that is not what I want.
I would like to build it all by myself, and so get some knowledge of lasers, and be able to control them better.
I want to create effects like these:
posted by yaddatrance: *click*
posted by JayDC: *click*
I know that to get the effect shown on the second picture I will need to have a laser which supports blanking.
Furthermore I would like to do some graphics with the laser aswell
About the controls, I its possible to hook the laser up to an USB port and then draw graphics, but Im not sure if it is also possible to make the 'standard effects' like a tunnel etc (when thinking about it, I'm sure that is possible as well)
So I do would want it to be controllable with my pc, so I guess I must choose an special driver then (I have no clue about all the different drivers available)
So I will need:
-a laser diode (Well, I want three finally, but lets start with one)
-2 microsteppers/galvo's (I understanded that microsteppers are a no-go, since they are to slow, and noisy) and I have no idea about which speed galvo's to get
-a driver (with the possibility to be controlled by USB)
- power supply any comments on how to power this thing?
Any other things I totally forgot about?
So as you can see I am new to all this, but very willing to learnI guess my questions can be answered with no problem
So you made it all the way to hear? You guys are cool!Thanks for your time, and share your wisdom with me
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