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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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 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 part can be found on http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:454820 The part can be found on http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:454820
  
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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) 
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