I got me a laser cutter, awesome!

PhillyDee said:
Would the arduino be suitable for constantly monitoring enviromental temperatures, switching on and off relays / dimming outputs? Is it easy enough to program, and get info displayed on a screen? And have everything timed to an internal clock?

I have never done anything similar, but want to make a vivarium enviromental control.
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Yup, it would be perfect for this. It is an AVR Micro controller at heart, with Digital I/O, some PWM (for your dimming). Also there are Analogue inputs.

Realtime clock, or just a timer? If it is real time you will need a clock driver. Otherwise is pings along at 16Mhz, and has a few internal timers.
 
More fun with Plywood.

An iPod dock :-)

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Shame it is a one off. It is based on a Bush dock thing, with some cones I had lying about.

I may make some neat wooded desk stands for the iPod/iPhone that use the regular usb lead.
 
Hi there great bit of kit I would love one of these to go with my other machines.

Where did you get yours from for that price? got any links etc?.

I cant seem to find any on flea bay? can you?.

Great bit of kit there have fun :)
 
D.Roberts said:
Hi there great bit of kit I would love one of these to go with my other machines.

Where did you get yours from for that price? got any links etc?.

I cant seem to find any on flea bay? can you?.

Great bit of kit there have fun :)
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I got it from ebay, as a not working machine. A bit of elbow grease and debugging to where I am now.

There are loads on eBay for < £1000 just do lots of research before you take the plunge. None of them I have seen on there are as good as the one I lucked out on in terms of control.
 
That's very nice. Good job. I expect you could sell those for quite a price with some decent cones in.

Now stop showing us all up with your 1337-ness. :P
 
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