I got me a laser cutter, awesome!

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.

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 :)

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.
 
Any more wonderful laser cutting been going on? I want to see more amazing stuff!!! lol

Oh yes, some awesome things have been coming out of the laser lately. So awesome in fact that you may all be buying the stuff for you or your kids this or next Christmas!!

I really would love to show you what I am upto, but I can't just now - Serious stuffs

Very exciting tho!!!
 
Pah! Call that a laser cutter?

We have four of these little babies out in the works:

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Okay, so we do a little more than prototyping.
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Have to admire you though - no mean feat. Good work. ;)

That is pretty sweet. But not as sweet as having a laser in the back garden :-) I can do some designs, pop in and have them in seconds.

As for the stuff I can't show you guys yet, it is 100% epic and awesome! I even amaze myself sometimes ;-)
 
Yup, That looks like it. I do that the variable laser power on the potentiometer though' which is very usefull.

They key thing with the one you linked to is the TopWisdom Controller. Do not get one without this as it is awesome!! Direct CorelDraw 11/12 or Autocad output. Makes things as easy as hitting print.

I wish I could show you the awesome things I am making at the moment but due to NDAs and other big corporation stuff I can't

One thing I can say though is "Toys"

I have been thrust into a whirlwind of potentially life changing opportunities. But then again it could fall flat on it's face. Here is hoping!
 
Ok a quick update.

The thing I have co-invented has put me in front of the World's largest toy maker for a video conference!

Now I am off to the USA to properly present it to them!

It is totally awesome and the laser has done very well with it all!

Wish me luck :-)
 
Thanks,

I really wish I could show you guys what it all is, but I can't which is a bummer, as it is the coolest stuff to come out of the laser. Even more epic than the ipod dock.

Which leads me onto who would buy one if I made them? Wood or plastic? and how much would you pay? It would be a simple stereo amp output to 2 speakers. I did make a simple mono version and it wounds awesome. The sound reflex meant that the sound came out of the front and back giving a spatial audio effect.

Here it is in wood.

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Yeah wood is best, gives it a nice aesthetic and feel. I am gonna try to make one out of special MDF and laqquer it for a glossy Finnish. Plywood coats the laser head in a nasty sap and takes a while to cut.

Technically you can use any mp3 or audio player in it :-)
 
I would love the ipod dock, got a cheap one for bedroom but that wooden one would be awesome in my living room! Have you thought about adding maybe a 3.5mm jack for generic mp3? Or even a cheap clock/lcd.

Also just saw you thought about a docking station just for your charging cable, would like to see one of them maybe in black for sitting on top of my desk.

That dock uses a generic 3.5mm jack, so technically any mp3 player would fit :-)
 
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