There are some other interesting recent developments with Thunder Laser. Apparently Thunder Laser is not entirely happy with Light Object in several areas, especially in technical support. According to Thunder Laser, they ended their relationship with Light Object several months ago.
Light Object has/had some stock to sell off, but is working towards a new controller. They have this listing now.
http://www.lightobject.com/2012-Commeri ... -P321.aspxAccording to my contacts this is not a Thunder Laser DSP controller. It is a new controller by an engineer who left Thunder Laser allegedly taking some of the design with him. I don't know the full story on this. As far as I know the new controller has yet to be seen in the field.
Thunder Laser is looking for a new distributor in the US and is very serious about the DIY market. They saw that a lot of good tech support was coming out of the buildlog.net forum and Wiki. They also saw that the DIY market has big visibility at buildlog.net. They contacted me about taking over for Light Object and sent me a controller to test.
This has been going on for several month. I have mixed thoughts on this for several reasons and have not given a final answer to Thunder Laser. On the negative side, I have always had a good relationship with Marco at Light Object and do not want to hurt that. I am also committed to supporting open source controllers and open source alternatives to commercial controllers. Is this to much of a conflict with an open source laser for me or Thunder Laser?
One the positive side, if the relationship between Thunder Laser and Light Object is truly ended It would be nice to pick up that business. I am also truly impressed with their controller. It has taken my laser further in capabilities than I ever thought possible.
I welcome any feedback on this issues on or off the forum to help me make up my mind.