Saturday july 30th, drove to Edison with a hobby rgb projector build into a wooden case.
Items used:
The setup, seen from scanhead, red, green and blue.
1W Blue 445nm created by Edison
Quad 800mW 660nm Red created by Edison
300 mW 532nm Green LaserWave
2 x dichro's for reflecting red and green
1 x Front surface mirror for reflecting blue
DT40Kpro scanners
Several power supplies
PT-Itrust ilda board
2 x Fan
The new case will look like this:
First we disconnected all components from the old case, sad feeling since you dissassemle a working setup
Then we took out the base plate from the new projector for preparing the setup.
The new projector will use the ilda board from Rob so i have to change the wiring for the drivers and scanners since it uses different connectors then the pt-itrust board.
For power connector we will use a Neutrik powerconnector, first time i use it, there will be a key switch and a power connector. Only item missing since moving to the Neutrik is the combination with a fuse so i will have to add this by drilling another hole in the back plate. The fuse i am planning to use will be 3AT (3Amps and type slow).
Have to do some shopping this afternoon for the power connector, fuse holder and fuse and the wires for the power cables internally.
Will also have to decide what type/kind of connectors to use to connect the wires to the Neutrik and if i will connect the wires directly to the power supplies or use also some kind of connector.
For detirmining the layout we put tape on the base plate so we could draw on it where the holes should be drilled.
Keep in mind that this case has profiles that connect the top to the front/rear and bottom that take up some space.
Also keep in mind, and we did not think about this when we put the items in place, that you will add a window in front of the scanhead so keep some distance to the front. Hopefully the 1mm non-reflective glass will still fit otherwise we have to change the mount for the scanhead.
Then we positioned the power supplies and the drivers on the bottom side of the plate.
and the lasers on the other side
also the scanner drivers found a place and the ilda board fet holes were marked.
Then a lot of drilling and tapping (if this is the correct word)
At the end of the evening the baseplate was prepared and i went home with all my components and the cabling adventure can begin.
Big thanks to Edison for all his patience and efforts, the case is very well designed, as you will see it can be set up so you have plenty of room and keeping the lasers and optics separated from the power and drivers.
Perhaps we will add a divider for the optic section too but that is looking forward too far for now.
Will update this post as i move on.
http://www.photonlexicon.com/forums/...proved-version.
Michel