LAOS firmware¶

Firmware¶

The Firmware is the code that controls the motor and laser. It is installed on the mainboard. Installation of the firmware on the controller, and configuration of the firmware for your system is described here. To test the hardware, a separate test program is written. Its use is described here.

The firmware uses a simple instruction language that is described here. These instructions are used to instruct the laser to move, cut and mark.

Download compiled versions¶

The compiled firmware file is here (save to your MBED):

Latest firmware version
All firmware versions: https://github.com/LaosLaser/Firmware

The configuration files are here (download, modify for your machine, and save on MBED as config.txt):

http://redmine.laoslaser.org/projects/laos/wiki/LAOS_configuration_file

The MBED uses the latest .bin file (timestamp).

Installation¶

Development¶

These are other version of the firmware that might fix some bugs.

• Development Firmware V0.4 (Dated 11-aug-2012) Fixes the laser power on problem- [Download] and save to your MBED.

Compiling from source¶

See CompilingFirmware