I have been working on my DIY rig for a bit now to get it to a point where it is certifiable so I can get a varience. I am one component install away, the push button for the second action of the two action interlock start, and I wanted to take a look back at all the ghetto builds. I am sure some who have seen my "first" builds will say my numbering is off as the first Ghettofabulous was seen at FLEM 1 as 3 lasers screwed to a piece of wood with a set of scanners and a popelscan DAC. While technically correct, I like to think of that build as Ghettofabulous mark 0... Isay the PC case build is mark 0.5. (see history )
I didn't see many good pics from when I first got the case but here is one of the beam table...
Here is Mark 2 after getting my first analog blue:
Mark 3 with the first implimentation of the 635/660 dichro:
Mark 4, first 4 channel RGBV with a 405nm diode:
Mark 5 after I got the DIY itch back with the 445s...
And now Mark 6, with a Watt of power and is 95% certifiable, shutter, safety interlock including redundant case intrusion sensors and keylock, while looking semiprofessionally wired; warning stickers are on it and the paperwork is done and waiting to be reviewed by a professional before I fax, mail, and eSubmit it to the Feds. My camer is still in the shop so I took these from the board's most famous HandyCam:
The wiring is along the top and in the back with the interlock wiring separated; the case "sensor" buttons have wires ran outside of the top breadboard.
I use two LEDs on the rear panel to indicate power is on but interlock off/open, no power to lasers, and when power is on and the interlock is on/closed, laser have power.
The interlock plug is a 1/4 inch headphone jack and I use a shirted headphone plug to close the circuit.
I have alligator clips that I can defeat the case intrusion "sensors" with:
Redundant per 21cfr1040.10... I still need a defated indicator, or not show it can be defeated in my documentation... I think.
The Keylock controls the shutter signal; no key, no shutter move...
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I didn't move the scanner cables that much as they fell nicely on their own...
I need real stickers... these are "lables".
Got beam mask for collateral radiation...
Only problem it has is beam quality... The green is a monster, the red is beautiful, and the blue is a thin line when I shoot them off this parobolic mirror I have; I believe it is a zit poppin mirror but it makes good beam effects and is good for that long throw alignment.
Hows this for beam data... green is about 7 or 8 inches in diameter. I do think this is a simulated 150 to 200 feet though.
This has been a history of my Ghettofabulous builds.
Enjoy!