LAOS Laser

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]] and [[LAOS I2C panel v0.4]] - 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

* 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]]

* [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]]

* [[LAOS I2C Panel v0.4]]

h2. [[Software]]

* [[Software overview]]

* [[LAOS firmware]]

* [[CompilingFirmware]]

* [[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]]