I couldn't help myself!

[The_Doctor]

It is. Extremely compact bit of lasering.

[WolfMax]

Nice hack Colin

Keith

Hack is right! After the Blue module went in my 'brick' and the replacement diode I bought also died before it even lived, I bought another 'brick' which had a problem with Yellow. I would be fine with large images (test patterns for example) but small elements it would flicker in brightness unless I turned the power down on the Red and Green modules. Well after getting all the alignments perfect last night, the red module went dull. Pulled the red from my first brick and installed it. Just as I got all the alignments setup again, the green went! ARRRG!
So what you see in the video is the second brick housing with its Blue module, The Red and Green modules (and to be on the safe side the driver board) from the first brick. All realigned again although Blue/Red (Magenta) alignment is a bit off but Yellow and Cyan are spot on so not much I can do.

I did do a video of the same beam show but with some smoke. But having trouble getting it off my camera and into my PC (Never rains but it pours)!

[WolfMax]

Seems I jumped the gun in condemning my Green unit. Decided to have a play with it tonight and turned the power up, this was the result:



The power isn't all the way up to try and extend it's life (it does get brighter than that).

However, the Red unit has definitely had it. so I took it apart to see how it had been constructed and this is the Diode:



Not seen one like that. Any ideas what it might be?

[WolfMax]

Well, I couldn't help myself again! I bought a Laserscan 1000 RGB 3D control + ILDA board for my modded Laserscan 170 because the original RGY unit is just that, RGY! Works great but the grating shows come out as beams obviously (hot beams in the case of the lumina show) and fitting it meant I lost the remote control option. So I went looking for a Laserscan 300 RGB control board and found one.... attached to a Laserscan 300 RGB projector!!.....So I bought that as well

I can now link the two together with a DMX cable and control both with the remote via the LS 300. Replacing the mic in the 300 with a 3.5mm jack socket has allowed me to connect it to my PC sound meaning the sound to light affects both projectors and this is a picture of the result



Why would anyone want to waste money on drugs when lasers are just as addictive, just as expensive but give you a much longer lasting pleasure!!

[Datsurb]

Why would anyone want to waste money on drugs when lasers are just as addictive, just as expensive but give you a much longer lasting pleasure!!

Could not agree more. Really awarding fiddeling around, modding existing equipment.

I guess you did not invest a lot of money into this, and the result is impressing vs the investment.
Investment in hours spent for these projects = quality time/soulfood

Nice work.

[WolfMax]

The only changes to make now are analogue driver boards (preferably 3 in one driver board). But I'm not sure how to handle the DPSS lasers with their cooling setups.

[hybridz0rz]

The only changes to make now are analogue driver boards (preferably 3 in one driver board). But I'm not sure how to handle the DPSS lasers with their cooling setups.

I purchased a quad Badpip driver and it has keep going for almost a good year. They are 80 Euros new from badpip on this forum. If you ever decide to add another diode or pbs you have the fourth channel left.

Kudos for hacking a china *projector* , Are you going to upgrade to a better DAC?

[WolfMax]

I purchased a quad Badpip driver and it has keep going for almost a good year. They are 80 Euros new from badpip on this forum. If you ever decide to add another diode or pbs you have the fourth channel left.

Kudos for hacking a china *projector* , Are you going to upgrade to a better DAC?

I'm building my own projector as well which I intend on controlling with FB3 & QS. And I'll control the two LS's with ether DMX or IshowII now I've downloaded a decent version of the
software (is that an oxymoron? ). But all this is just for the experience of building a projector and not for any actual display use.

[WolfMax]

Update:

My build project projector is all but finished. It is complete and working but I have some ScannerMax 506s and Pangolin tuned Amps on order to replace the DT-30s I have in it at the moment. I also got a FB3 to run everything (gave up with Ishow2) and will be getting another one so I can use the KAM lasers and my project build together.

To that end, I have made final mods to the KAM lasers which are:
Fitted the Laserscan 1000 RGB control and ILDA boards inside the Laserscan 300 RGB sacrificing the DMX connectors and keyswitch (which was never used anyway) and cutting the back plate to allow the D25 connectors to poke through.
Removed the controller from the Laserscan 170 as it was not in use after installing a simple ILDA breakout board. Also removing the DMX connectors to fit the D25 socket again after some cutting. I can now slave the LS 170 off the LS 300 using ILDA
Adjusting the X and Y size on the LS 300 to match the LS 170 (I had to guess which pot on the amps was the right one. Got it on the second attempt).
Flipped the X axis on the LS 170 to mirror the LS 300
Adjusted the LS 170 laser brightness to better colour match to the LS 300 (which I couldn't adjust to match the LS 170)
Mounting them both on a lighting rig:



They are both still TTL since I have yet to find a couple of 3 - 4 channel analogue driver boards but even if I do, I will still need to use the current TTL boards to control the cooling on the Green DPSS lasers that are in both units. Modifying to Green diodes would require complete reworking of the lasers and optics to mount it all correctly which I can't be bothered with TBH.