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[PICS] Driver with Modes: WITHOUT A Controller!

Wolfman29

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Actually, I was reading through old threads of mine, and that was an idea I had a LONNNGGG time ago. But I figured that not many people would be particularly interested since most hosts wouldn't accommodate that. Maybe I can work with one of the machinists around here and see if we can get a cheap host going that would be good for that.
 





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That's a great idea. I'd certainly be interested, provided the price isn't too high (I'm not into "high-end" hosts).
 
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Well, it would all depend on the pricing the machinist would want to set for the host. I am sure I could do some sort of driver like that for <$25 pretty easily.
 
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This is very true. Why do we often see that analog control is "better" than TTL though? Just curious. Because TTL is essentially PWM, is it not?
 
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For the sake of the argument, if we consider only average power an Arduino could PWM a 2.56W laser to a safeish level of 10mW, on minimum power and 8-bit PWM.

But notice the MPE graph isn't very steep. We need to do the math to see which frequency would be needed for it to be as safe as a 10mW pointer.
 
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