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== Hardware == | == Hardware == | ||
Obviously there is DIY Lasers and commercial ones and there is a bunch of cards integrating some DACs to talk to the laser fixture. | Obviously there is DIY Lasers and commercial ones and there is a bunch of cards integrating some DACs to talk to the laser fixture. | ||
| − | A great forum for bootstrap your project is [http://laserfreak.net/forum/index.php laser freak] that comes in different langages. | + | A great forum for bootstrap your project is [http://laserfreak.net/forum/index.php laser freak] that comes in different langages. We play with two different setups : |
| − | + | * a DIY laser made at la Blackboxe with a lasershark dac card [http://blog.blackboxe.org/?m=201407&lang=en]. | |
=== Commercial Lasers === | === Commercial Lasers === | ||
Revision as of 15:52, 1 January 2015
Goals
Different levels of complexity are possible. Commercial lasers uses ilda files/connections to draw whatever you want, but you can build your own, see hardware section.
- The very fast and easy plan is to switch ilda scenes according to some inputs. You can use already made ilda files (see download section) in a SDcard plugged inside the laser fixture and use DMX protocol to switch. DMX usb cards are cheap, usually we use enttec ones. DMX controlled lasers are cheaper than
- If the plan is too draw live, it depends on the laser fixture DIY or commercial. Lot of possibilities depending on the number of colors, from using an arduino, a 5.1 USB soundcard upt to use commercially (opensource) cards using the standarts ilda connect ports.
Hardware
Obviously there is DIY Lasers and commercial ones and there is a bunch of cards integrating some DACs to talk to the laser fixture. A great forum for bootstrap your project is laser freak that comes in different langages. We play with two different setups :
- a DIY laser made at la Blackboxe with a lasershark dac card [1].
