I have been working on a few projects for the last couple of years and Auggie may just be the missing link I need to overcome other motion control software limitations. Thanks for releasing the Alpha!!!! I look forward to testing.
Here a an older video of one such project I have been working on that Auggie will likely be very helpful for.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRNCGk7Dad8
Question: Is there a way (or planned future integration) for user designed bitmap or jpeg buttons/screen icons in the ScreenDesigner for Auggie? Something similar to how Mach3 allowed for image buttons? Don't get me wrong, the buttons and graphics are a big step up from Mach3 but if there is/will be a way to customize on that level it would be a nice feature.
Thanks
Brian
Image buttons?
Re: Image buttons?
Hi Brian:
Nice test. Galvo's? (What kind? :) )
You cant at the moment make a bitmap button, but all the required code is there, so at some point
Ill add the capability.
Art
Nice test. Galvo's? (What kind? :) )
You cant at the moment make a bitmap button, but all the required code is there, so at some point
Ill add the capability.
Art
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Re: Image buttons?
Well they are not true galvos. The test in the video was more of a proof of concept test with stepper motors and good old Mach3.
While I was researching galvo scanner designs (which are unexpectedly expensive) many people were nixing the idea that a stepper motor could produce enough speed/accuracy to produce solid scan lines for a laser sintering type application. In ways they are correct in that steppers could never reach the insane scanning speeds of a true twin galvo motor but in regards to sintering nylon PA they were just flat wrong.
https://plus.google.com/collection/gYY_u
Thus far my test designs have proven quite successful. Right now I am working on a way to solve for the "pincushion" that occurs on larger scans. I am thinking that the only way to correct for this is via software....enter Auggie.:)
The laser is a 20W Co2. The beam is expanded 3x before going through my stepper galvo and then an F-Theta lens. I have been able to get beam diameters of ~.003" with this design.
Looking forward to the custom bitmap capabilities. I will likely be a heavy tester when that feature is released.
Brian
While I was researching galvo scanner designs (which are unexpectedly expensive) many people were nixing the idea that a stepper motor could produce enough speed/accuracy to produce solid scan lines for a laser sintering type application. In ways they are correct in that steppers could never reach the insane scanning speeds of a true twin galvo motor but in regards to sintering nylon PA they were just flat wrong.
https://plus.google.com/collection/gYY_u
Thus far my test designs have proven quite successful. Right now I am working on a way to solve for the "pincushion" that occurs on larger scans. I am thinking that the only way to correct for this is via software....enter Auggie.:)
The laser is a 20W Co2. The beam is expanded 3x before going through my stepper galvo and then an F-Theta lens. I have been able to get beam diameters of ~.003" with this design.
Looking forward to the custom bitmap capabilities. I will likely be a heavy tester when that feature is released.
Brian
Re: Image buttons?
I think you did amazingly well with it.
I just picked up a galvo cube and will be playing with it.. but I plan to add an arduino for the ADC speeds..
Just a side project Im playing in, so the speed was quite impressive to see on a stepper..
Art
I just picked up a galvo cube and will be playing with it.. but I plan to add an arduino for the ADC speeds..
Just a side project Im playing in, so the speed was quite impressive to see on a stepper..
Art
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