Our group is getting started on laying out the parts needed to build the 2.x LASER system. My current question is what does this community recommend for controllers? At this point there is a $500 limit on the cost of the controller --- but that may change depending on your feedback.
List of needs
Process both raster, and vector graphics.
Process graphics in one shot (We don’t want to import/export then import/export in multiple applications just to get it to a filetype that will work.)
Reliable
Repeatable
List of wants
Simple
USB support
Network support
Interface with desktop software
Work as a “printer driver”????
Controllers I have run across so far, (some do not meet all the needs)
Laser Interface/Driver (buildlog)
Commercial DSP (lightobject)
Lasersaur (
http://labs.nortd.com/lasersaur/store)
If it's not broken --- Fix it till it is.