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This is a fun project! I think they might to work a bit on their linearity :-). Some laser pointer sources allow for gate control (turning them on and off with
by ChuckMcM 6y ago
This is a fun project! I think they might to work a bit on their linearity :-).
Some laser pointer sources allow for gate control (turning them on and off with a logic signal) which might help.
Steve Ciarcia had a project[1] in BYTE for doing a vector display on an oscilloscope which ported well to lasers.
[1] https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1976-11/page/n79/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1976-11/page/n79/m...
- codezero 6y agoWhen I got to the point about powering the laser I was (only a little) hoping they would use a mechanical shutter of some sort, I bet that would work fine enough as long as it doesn't cycle on and off _toooo fast_.