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| ===Laser Power=== | ===Laser Power=== | ||
| My laser cutter hosted a MY JG40W power supply with PWM power control input. | My laser cutter hosted a MY JG40W power supply with PWM power control input. | ||
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| I used the following connectors: | I used the following connectors: | ||
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| Laser power controller | Laser power controller | ||
| Here the actual system is much more modern and supports a digital power adjustment in 1/10, 1 and 10% steps (but still suffers from missing link to main control board). | Here the actual system is much more modern and supports a digital power adjustment in 1/10, 1 and 10% steps (but still suffers from missing link to main control board). | ||
| - | The board is called 6C6879-LEDPAD-A. It was replaced by an I2C-Panel of LAOS | + | The board is called 6C6879-LEDPAD-A. It was replaced by an I2C-Panel of LAOS. |
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| The new control panel | The new control panel | ||
| I added a LED showing the laser activity and a button to trigger the laser. The rest is supported by I2C-Panel. The front design file (SVG) is attached. | I added a LED showing the laser activity and a button to trigger the laser. The rest is supported by I2C-Panel. The front design file (SVG) is attached. | ||
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| Signal integrity issue | Signal integrity issue | ||
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| The picture shows the signal at optocoupler (reference in yellow is the transistor output w/o optocoupler). | The picture shows the signal at optocoupler (reference in yellow is the transistor output w/o optocoupler). | ||
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| Therefore I decided to build a level shifter unit. With an op-amp (TLC271) the level at the optocoupler is judged at approx. 3V (with few 0.1V hysteresis). A following schmitt-trigger | Therefore I decided to build a level shifter unit. With an op-amp (TLC271) the level at the optocoupler is judged at approx. 3V (with few 0.1V hysteresis). A following schmitt-trigger | ||
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| The level shifter soldered on a small PCB: | The level shifter soldered on a small PCB: | ||
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| New exhaust hose adapter | New exhaust hose adapter | ||
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| The part can be found on http:// | The part can be found on http:// | ||
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| + | **My Laser cutter after all modifications (until m/o Aug 2014)** | ||
| - | My Laser cutter after all modifications (until m/o Aug 2014) | + | {{:media:tech:laser: |
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