hehehe
Jim
I expected to find id been beaten to it
Rob
hehehe
Jim
I expected to find id been beaten to it
Rob
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Ah, I see.
I was looking in the right direction then, I have been looking at the EasyLase USB and just inquired about a price on it.
So basically software reads this .ild file and converts it to ILDA? Then it appears from the scanner? The EasyLase circuit board being a DAC?
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"one modified from a sound card"
aka LaserBoy!
http://hacylon.case.edu/laser/LaserBoy/
James.
The software will also read other formats too, but the .ild files are ones that most (maybe all) software packages will read.So basically software reads this .ild file and converts it to ILDA?
Then the software sends it to the DAC, then the DAC sends it to the scanners.Then it appears from the scanner?
YesThe EasyLase circuit board being a DAC?
Jim
Almost...easylase is indeed the DAC but the signal that comes out of it is not ILDA. The signals are analogue voltage levels for scanners X & Y deflection, and TTL (on off) sinals or analogue voltage levels for the three colours in the RGB projector (you dont have to use them all). These signals exit the board on an ILDA format connector - but they dont have to - the signals themselves will match ILDA standard in so much as they will be in the range of 0-5V (could be differential if your DAC has it - but lets not complicate matters) but other than that the signals are not ILDA in any way. ILDA connection is used so that many DACs and many projectors have a common standard connection method. Just like the signal to your computer monitor has a 15way High density D-sub connector (specified i think by VESA - PC monitor equivalent to ILDA) - the pin allocations will allow that monitor to connect to any standard PC but not your VCR - as that does not have that format of VESA compliant connection.
I hope I havent confused you more
Rob
PS Easylase is a great little DAC - I have one
If you need to ask the question 'whats so good about a laser' - you won't understand the answer.
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Stanwax Laser main distributor of First Contact in UK - like us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/FirstContactPolymerCleaner
www.photoniccleaning.co.uk
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Hi Lambo
You are sure welcome to come along to the UK laser meet in august and there will be lots of people to guide you through what you need and the best way to do it
dont rush into buying something if you are not sure if its suitable
and im speaking from personal experience
welcome to PL
all the best ... Karl
Hi Lambo,
What Karl is saying here is very true, I wish I had found the PL forum before purchasing my last 2 lasers etc. I would have saved a lot of money, well most probably not, as I definately would have made better choices of equipment than what I did.
So welcome to PL and have a good read through PL I am sure that you will find a great deal of information that will help you make good choices of lasers and it's associated hardware, software etc.
Also further back in this thread it mentioned about .ild files well they are not all the same, so some software can not read certain .ild files. For example the iShow/iTop software (avoid unless you are gtting it free) uses a 256 colour pallette, Pango and Mamba Black use a 64 colour palette so iShow shows then incorrectly. There are other .ild file formats as well.
Good luck
André
True, if I had posted here before I bought this scanner kit I would probably have gone for a better one or even not bought it at all. When I bought it, I didn't really know much about scanners at all so over the time its taken to put it together I found it doesn't really do what I wanted unless I start modifying it.
It was fun, and still is but I cant do much with it. Its more of a plug-and-play kind of scanner.
I am doing a little research into it first but I am interested in the Shinp AL-460RGY
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