WANTED - DAC for 15k scanner

[andy_con]

am after a DAC with software for my 15k scanners.

anyone got one for sale???

[cruch]

I only got LDS software for sale, no dac

[andy_con]

shame

anyone got one of these, or know if they are good?
http://www.blueskymarketing.co.uk/me...uturepower.htm

[buffo]

Not many pointer jockeys here... Try this site and see if anyone there has experience with them.

Adam

[andy_con]

sorry wrong link the dac and software on this page

http://www.blueskymarketing.co.uk/sh...Laser+Show+Kit

[buffo]

Ah.... OK.

I'm not sure which galvos he's selling. They look like they might be Pro-Scan units. (Fred? Can you tell?)

Strange though that he's also selling the Alphalite system. I would have thought that he would be selling DT-40's then. (Rick Gebhardt used to sell DT-40's too, and pretty much swears by them...)

Anyway, the prices are pretty steep on that site. For comparison, you can buy the Alphalite direct from Rick for $349, yet the site you linked to has them for 249 pounds (nearly $490!)

Also, you can buy a set of DT-40 Pro's from Jian for just $550 including shipping, which is cheaper than the 299 pounds ($590) that the site you linked to wants to charge for their 30K galvos...

Adam

[andy_con]

ignore the price for a min, is the DAC Alphalite PRO and software any good??

[Eliezer]

Hello, andy_con:

I have just for Sale what you need:

http://photonlexicon.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=823

Price: $490.00 include DAC and shipping cost by DHL to your home door.

Can contact me: export@artlaser.net

Sincerely,
Eliezer

[dave]

ignore the price for a min, is the DAC Alphalite PRO and software any good??

Get FB3USB... Much better..

[Spec]

ignore the price for a min, is the DAC Alphalite PRO and software any good??

Short answer: No.



Long answer: Maybe, if you want to put more time and money into it than BILDA.

It has potential but the design is too simplistic and lends itself to terrible output. I had to add the decoupling caps out of necessity, change the DAC's, cut the ground loop out, add external adjustment pots, and a slew of other crap but that still didn't help much... serious issues like the software-based timer are not fixable without a serious code overhaul.

I lost the PM I sent to buffo a year or so ago... I went on for a solid 2 pages on its "limitations".

Save your money for something better. I am expecting good things from the upcoming Pangolin "Hobbyist-o-matic" or whatever its trade-name will end up being.