All,
This is the new thread I have started for details
on the laser plotter I am going to try build.
As stated in the just previous message - I am
aiming at something between these two articles.
http://pico-systems.com/photoplot.htmlhttp://www.bungard.com/seiten/p-filmstar.htmI am going to be happy with the 1000 dpi the
home built one from pico-systems does. Finest
tracks I think I can etch are 4 thou anyways.
However 2000 dpi might be a goal to try cope
with the ludicrous pin spacing on some new
leadless metric packages.
So far I have built a text-book 4046 PLL
multiplier. This has been hooked up to a
servo motor I scavanged from something.
Unfortunatly the encoder wheel on the servo
does not have an index mark - so I will have
to scavange another one from somewhere.
The circuit for the PLL also has an Atmel on
board to regulate the speed of the servo
motor via PWM of a FET.
The main connector on the board has the
following signals
STRT - Input - Turn Motor On or Off
IDX - Output - Index mark from encoder
M-OK - Output - Tell host motor at correct speed
SIG - Output - The un-multiplied encoder signal
CLK - Output - The Multiplied encoder signal
GND - In/Out - Tell the host when the PCB was
left sitting on the ground.
(OK the last one was a joke)
NOW - to answer Lez with "I am intersted in how
you're going to get the bmp out"
There is going to be another Atmel sitting on
the end of a UART. You will simply X-Modem a
BMP file to it and like magic it should come
out the laser.
I think this should be easy in assembly laguage
using the IN and POP instructions.
Main_Routine:
IN Accumulator_A, XMODEM_Data
POP That_Data_Out_The_Laser
As long as I can get that to assemble in AVR
studio the project should be finished tomorrow.