yes but if you simply mount them to your base of aluminum you will be fine.

thats more if you are not mounting them directly to your base like in his picture.

ok where are the op amp board

dr lava sells them so they are on his site...

http://hacylon.case.edu/ebay/laser_d...ection_Amp.php

sorry for asking so many questions. Do i have to make the board? How would i connect it to the dac? How big of a case would i need to make a rgv which isn't to cramped?

would this be a better price
80mw green laser $95
200mw red laser $55
Dichros $50approx.
Scanner $185
Dac $60
sheet metal $30approx.
Case $100approx.
Total :Laser show $575approx.

size depends on a lot of stuff ie lasers and also the power supplies for them.

some people fit 3 lasers one a 12x12 plate of aluminum but most go a little bigger and make it a two level style with all the power supplies and modulations boxes on bottom and then the lasers and optics on top.

and yes you have to make the op amp board but dr lava may be willing to assemble it for you for a little more

How would i connect it to the dac? how big are the galvo amps?i want to get the size of everything.

not sure how big the scanpro20 amps are.

this is an old picture of my first planned layout i was going to do when i just had green



these are exact sizes of the dt 40pro amps and scanners and 500mw green laser wave laser

the pcb is the modulation box and laser driver.


im sure the scanpro20s are close to the same size. also that cardboard is a 12x12 square.

oh and i just did the same post so i will quote it here....

What I means was ILDA connections already set up, last thing I want is to have to play around with the 26 or so wires and connect them up myself.[/quote]


the only way to get everything already wired for ilda and setup for you would be to buy a premade scanner.


with your scanners you will have a total of 4 signal wires that you will have to hook up to your serial port(ilda connector.)

1,14,2,15
[/quote]

how would i connect the ttl /analog

how do connect the op amp board to the dac.Thanks

say you are hooking up your green laser to the dac.

whether you are using ttl or analog aser you would take the 2 leads from the lasers driver (the ttl wires or the analog wires) and put the positive wire to pin 6 and the negative wire to pin 19.

and the op amp is connected to the sound card and then the op amp outputs the signal from your computer to your serial port then into your projector.

Here's pics of your sound card DAC:

thanks

no problem

my guide could do with a little updating, but its ok to following in general

yeah thanks for the guide i have every page of that guide bookmarked and a shortcut on my desktop. :P

lol

hope its of some use

yes it is especially the dricoh mount.what glue did you use to stick it to your mount.

hot glue or general all purpose glue

thanks

plus i have price list and random snips of info taped to my desk.

whats the star
maybe this thread should be sticked.it has a lot of info for newbies like me.

that means its in your favorites section.

and a sticky may be a good idea.

we have covered a ton of the very common questions people ask about scanners.

and im sure we will only cover more.

ok i will pm cold

now a sticky.