Laser projector add on effects?

**sugeek** · 12-16-2009, 14:58

YES it is dusty, but and needs a good cleaning...

I think it is on a stepper (CORRECTED NOT A STEPPER TWO WIRES) but it would be cool if it had been to you can run it though the gratings on the wheel.. I thought I would throw that up for you.. The second picture may be more useful.

-Adam

**chad** · 12-16-2009, 15:37

Sugeek:

Interesting. A leedex solenoid, and a standard hobby motor. That is not a stepper there are only two wires and it really looks just like a cheap dc motor.

I wonder if via pwm they can get slow motion out of it. In my experience motors like that don't like to run really slow well at all at dc. My guess that would be a high speed DG effect.

?

chad

**sugeek** · 12-16-2009, 16:07

Originally Posted by chad

Sugeek:

Interesting. A leedex solenoid, and a standard hobby motor. That is not a stepper there are only two wires and it really looks just like a cheap dc motor.

I wonder if via pwm they can get slow motion out of it. In my experience motors like that don't like to run really slow well at all at dc. My guess that would be a high speed DG effect.

?

chad

That one is a diffraction grating, the lumina is in another chamber nothing special. I am new to any of the scan through effects!

**aijii** · 12-17-2009, 03:16

nice.

I coudl see a use for something like that in a digitally controlled divergence/focus adjustment inside a projector..

Originally Posted by mikkojay

It seems like rotary motion is pretty natural for switching these types of effects, but has anyone seen much in the way of linear actuation?

Here is a neat linear actuator on allelectonics.com with a motor and encoder for 36 bucks. There is a guy who commented in the customer comments section that says he as a pic driver for it.

The travel distance might be a limitation, but the positioning would be very accurate.

Great Stuff!

-Mike

**cyberb0b** · 12-18-2009, 01:48

Originally Posted by sugeek

I directly thought of music single: Another One Bites the Dust from Queen

**Doc** · 12-18-2009, 07:37

Originally Posted by dsli_jon

I'm also working to post, on YouTube, a full-length video of a classic Laserium show, that will showcase some of the mind-blowing fx they produced, and at the same time, provide some inspiration / ideas for others to 'germinate' / get you in big trouble-over with your wives / girlfriends...

peace..
j

Looking forward to that

**Doc** · 12-18-2009, 07:41

Originally Posted by mikkojay

It seems like rotary motion is pretty natural for switching these types of effects, but has anyone seen much in the way of linear actuation?

Here is a neat linear actuator on allelectonics.com with a motor and encoder for 36 bucks. There is a guy who commented in the customer comments section that says he as a pic driver for it.

The travel distance might be a limitation, but the positioning would be very accurate.

Great Stuff!

-Mike

I wonder if the carriage from an inkjet printer would be any use?

**Doc** · 12-18-2009, 07:44

Originally Posted by norty303

Re: the guts from the Martin 518 - one of my pet hates of this particular fixture is the slowness of the gobo and colour wheel when changing. Personally I'd look for something a bit snappier like a Robe XT or similar, but then there's probably a few less of them around for breaking currently.

Plus they clunk and clank like a blacksmith making a horse shoe.

**dsli_jon** · 12-21-2009, 14:11

Hey Kats -

Just a quick-jack to invite ya'll over to 'my place'

for some 'lumiariffic inspiration' for this thread... (hope you don't mind, DZ... - but, please, do continue supporting
Dave's fine thread, when on-topic, here...

cya there...
J

**flecom** · 12-23-2009, 01:16

Originally Posted by mixedgas

You can get Hall sensors out of hard drives and brushless motors in CD/DVD players.

also any 3 pin computer fan (with the yellow wire) will have a hall-effect sensor (they are used to count RPM's)

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