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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]].





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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.





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%{color:red}Warning: If you have Rev4 board, read http://redmine.laoslaser.org/issues/68%





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To avoid confusion, these versions are current:





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* LAOS Mainboard: v0.5





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* LAOS I2C panel: v0.4





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* LAOS firmware: v0.3 (latest bin 23-05-2015)





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> Tip # 1: for quick navigation, see the tabs at the top of each page on this site.





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> Tip # 2: click on the section titles below for a list of all the pages related to that section.





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h2. [[Buy a LaosBoard]]





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Board and parts can be found in our "webshop":http://tuxic.nl/webshop





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h2. [[HowTo's]]





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* [Figure out what you'll need and where to get it]





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* [Prepare your laser cutter for use with LAOS] (including a first firing test)





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* Assembling the LAOS electronics boards: [[Assembling the LAOS electronics boards|rev 0.1-0.4]] or [[LAOS Mainboard v0.5|rev 0.5]]





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* Install firmware: [[Install firmware and verify proper operation]]





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* [[Connect the electronics and hook it up to your network]]





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* [[pwm|Getting PWM to work]]





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* [Install required software on your Windows, Mac, or Linux PC]





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* [[Troubleshooting]] - [Where to get help] - [Contributing to this wiki]





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h2. [[Laser cutters]]





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* [[How does a laser cutter work?]]





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* [[HPC LS3020]]





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** [[Materials_and_settings]]





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* [[K40-III]]





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** [[K40-III_Material_settings]]





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* [[Moshi-to-laos-conversion-K40-III]]





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* [[Moshi-to-laos-conversion-SH-K40-1V]]





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* [[Lasersaur]]





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* [[LaOS on the road]]





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* [[A list of users with LAOS converted lasercutters]]





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h2. [[Electronics]]





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* [[What is the electronics for?]]





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* [[LAOS Mainboard v0.5]]





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* [[LAOS I2C Panel v0.4]]





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h2. [[Software]]





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* [[Software overview]]





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* [[LAOS firmware]]





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* [[CompilingFirmware]]





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* [[LAOS configuration file]]





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* [[SimpleCode]] (laos gcode file format)





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* [[LAOS CUPS driver]]





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* [[VisiCut]]





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* http://webviewer.laoslaser.org/





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h2. [[Future directions]]





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* [[RTOS]]





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* [[Z height control]]





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* [[Board design, Sizing, Modularity (expansion), possible integration of mbed module]]





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* [[Integrated buck converter for 5v rail]]





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* [[Workflow toolchain, including Visicam]]





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h2. Additional information





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* [Historical notes]





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* original wiki -  http://wiki.laoslaser.org/index.php/OpensourceLasercutterdriver





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* [[Links]]