Hello all,
I am new to the forum but not new to lasers. I have spent many hours on other forums that deal with lasers in general (guess which one) but often found myself answering questions about analog modulation and PCAOMs. There are just a few people on the forum, myself included who can answer some of the more complex questions.
But when it comes to my own questions, I get a reply "omg dude, i dont know what u mean".
So, here are my questions! :)
I've read around the forum and found the ratio for the near perfect white color balance is 4:1:2 (RGB). With this ratio in mind, does it really matter much if the red module is 635nm/650nm/671nm?
Also, I'm familiar with the ILDA interface, at least the pinouts. I will be working on the repair and major modification of an RGB unit shortly but there is some confusion as to what it connects to. I've heard two things.
1) The interface plugs into the 25-pin connector on a daughter card - (Pangolin, Bocatec etc.) which makes sense.
2) You don't need that card! It hooks up to the LPT:1 printer port!
Is that actually true?
I've have numbered the pins in an Excel spreadsheet (1-25) and labeled the pins from both the ILDA pinout and the printer port pinout. It just doesn't look like it should work and I don't want to try this.
If anyone is able to assist with this (either question) it will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you in advance,
Phil