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#OUT OF RESOURCES LASERDRW SOFTWARE#

Have you upgraded steppers and other hardware, or simply the controller? We hate ugly tarballs in our hardware too. To do this, I created a new controller board to replace the Arduino UNO.

So my next logical step was to help people to achieve better engraving quality.

#OUT OF RESOURCES LASERDRW FULL#

My next issue was engraving 8 bits (256 values over the full power range) did not allow many grey levels. Then other people started to ask for one, so I gave the remainder away for free. PCBWays was offering PCBs for just USD45 including postage, and just for my own use, I wanted to get it nicely installed, so I decided to design a new PCB shield, which worked very well. That worked straight away so I used it for a few weeks and decided that it was very much an ugly tarball that needed a clean up for future reliability. I started with a Vero board using the existing connectors from the original M2Nano controller. I did extensive research into existing solutions, but no one had a complete E2E turn key solution, so I decided to use an Arduino UNO as a starting point. How did you go about upgrading the original controller hardware? For example the 24V can only deliver 1A, and anything above that will blow up the rectifier, which is simple to fix.Īt least the hardware is sound since that’s the bones of what you’re putting your money into. The power supply is very basic with no over-current protection, so you can easily damage it when changing the stepper electronics. The X-Y axis gantry hardware is pretty sound. The software/operation of the machine was causing me grief. What were the problems you were having with the original unit? So it seems the community identified that the bones of the units are actually quite good it’s the controller that’s letting it down. First thing I did was to find the K40 community on Google+, who all said the controller was rubbish and suggested I replace it with a decent DSP controller (i.e. Next to this I never managed to get the engraving to work at all. Unfortunately I could not cut a decent frame for a project since I had to design it within LaserDRW.

#OUT OF RESOURCES LASERDRW SOFTWARE#

The eBay seller did give me some links with Chinese software LaserDRW/Moshidraw. There were no instructions, and the dongle I mistook for a USB stick with software that I couldn't find. How long did you have the K40 before you realised it wasn’t really up to the tasks you were hoping to put it to use on?Īctually from day one when I got the machine. But rather than chalk it up to experience and put up with low quality output, Paul decided to develop a solution. So Paul wasn’t terribly surprised when his cheap K40 laser cutter/engraver didn’t quite perform to his liking. We all know that you tend to get what you pay for. What if you could take a cheap laser cutter/engraver unit, then design a plug-in replacement so as to increase accuracy and improve performance? Paul did.

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