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h1. LAOS Laser
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This site is about an Open Source laser engraver/cutter controller system, both hardware and software. Further info can be found on the [[Rationale and background]] page. The site was created in 2010 by Jaap Vermaas and Peter Brier, and is now being taken further with the help of other [[Contributors]].
A laser cutter consists of several components, as described on [[How does a laser cutter work?|this page]] - this site focuses on units such as the [[HPC LS3020]], in combination with the LAOS electronics. For a full list, see the [[Laser Cutters|Supported lasers]] so far. The current electronics are [[LAOS Mainboard v0.5]] v0.3]] and [[LAOS I2C panel v0.4]] v0.3]] - older versions are listed on the [[Electronics]] page.
%{color:red}Warning: If you have Rev4 board, read http://redmine.laoslaser.org/issues/68%
To avoid confusion, these versions are current:
* LAOS Mainboard: v0.5 v0.4 (with patch)
* LAOS I2C panel: v0.4
* LAOS firmware: v0.3 (latest bin 9-3-2013)
> Tip # 1: for quick navigation, see the tabs at the top of each page on this site.
> Tip # 2: click on the section titles below for a list of all the pages related to that section.
h2. [[Buy a LaosBoard]]
Board and parts can be found in our "webshop":http://tuxic.nl/webshop
h2. [[HowTo's]]
* [Figure out what you'll need and where to get it]
* [Prepare your laser cutter for use with LAOS] (including a first firing test)
* Assembling the LAOS electronics boards: [[Assembling the LAOS electronics boards|rev 0.1-0.4]] or [[LAOS Mainboard v0.5|rev 0.5]] boards]]
** [[Step-by-step assembling of the board]]
* [Install firmware and verify proper operation]
* [[Connect the electronics and hook it up to your network]]
* [[pwm|Getting PWM to work]]
* [Install required software on your Windows, Mac, or Linux PC]
* [[Troubleshooting]] - [Where to get help] - [Contributing to this wiki]
h2. [[Laser cutters]]
* [[How does a laser cutter work?]]
* [[HPC LS3020]]
** [[Materials_and_settings]]
* [[K40-III]]
** [[K40-III_Material_settings]]
* [[Moshi-to-laos-conversion-K40-III]]
* [[Lasersaur]]
* [[LaOS on the road]]
* [[A list of users with LAOS converted lasercutters]]
h2. [[Electronics]]
* [[What is the electronics for?]]
* [[LAOS Mainboard v0.5]] v0.3]]
* [[LAOS I2C Panel v0.4]]
h2. [[Software]]
* [[Software overview]]
* [[LAOS firmware]]
* [[LAOS configuration file]]
* [[SimpleCode]] (laos gcode file format)
* [[LAOS CUPS driver]]
* [[VisiCut]]
h2. [[Future directions]]
* [[RTOS]]
h2. Additional information
* [Historical notes]
* original wiki - http://wiki.laoslaser.org/index.php/OpensourceLasercutterdriver
* [[Links]]