I have been lurking around on the edge of the forums for a couple of days and have been really enjoying learning so much. I wanna thank all of you for making PL so active and such a free exchange of ideas and knowledge.
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I did little HeNe shows years ago but just got a 100mW 532nm from Laserextreme in January. I put that in 19" chassis with some Laserworld 50K's driven by Norm's DAC. I'm havin' a blast! Norm's free NLS got it lit up at first but I now have Anarchy and half a dozen free show softwares. I am wanting better show software and am considering BS3D, Mamba Black and AlphaLite. (Comments welcome)
You see, this is a HOBBY. And yes....I'm addicted. I don't have much $ to put into this but my plans are huge.
I have been reading with interest about the methods used to combine beams. I saw that guy who committed to a group buy on his first post. I might wait till my second. I am going for red next and almost bought one @ 100mW. But if I ever am going to add blue and hope to balance out to white, 100mw of red might not work. Right??? So, with 100mW of green, what power levels should I buy for red and blue?
And to PM "Admin", I would be glad to talk about inverters. I can see the need for a design that would take 12 volts and provide +/- 15 or 24 for galvo driver boards and a supply such as +5 for controllers and logic. Of course when grid was available, it would then charge the battery. Is that what you were thinking too?