LASER4DIY - Open-Source Laser Structuring for PCB Prototyping
Project description
Laser4DIY is a open-hardware machine for producing electronics boards by ablating copper with the use of a laser. It consists of several parts: a micro-chip based DPSS laser source, driver electronics for the pump laser diode, a cooling system including a 4-channel TEC-Controller, a low-profile, motorized XY table and a safety enclosure.
News
- Get the latest news on Twitter: @laser4diy
Info
- Overview
- Laser source (version 1, outdated)
- Nd:YVO4 laser source (English)
- Nd:YVO4 Laserquelle (German)
- Laser source (version 2)
- Micro Chip Laser (English)
- Microchip-Laser (German)
- Electronics
- TEC (Thermo-Electric Cooling) Controller
- TEC Controller description
- Github Repository: https://github.com/Laser4DIY/TEC-Controller
- Constant Current Power Source (version 1, outdated)
- Github Repository: https://github.com/Laser4DIY/Laser-Driver
- Constant Current Power Source (version 2, work in progress)
- Laser Diode Driver (English)
- Laserdioden-Treiber (German)
- Github Repository: https://github.com/Laser4DIY/Laser-Driver-v2
- TEC (Thermo-Electric Cooling) Controller
- Low Profile XY Table
- Low Profile XY Table
- Github Repository: https://github.com/Laser4DIY/XY-Table
- Enclosure
- Github Repository: https://github.com/Laser4DIY/Laser4DIY_Enclosure
Build Your Own Device
- Assembly Guide: Building your own Laser4DIY device
Prototype Fund Hardware
Laser4DIY is part of the first Prototype Fund Hardware funding round.
BMBF Project Funding
The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research was funding LASER4DIY as a part of the project "Open Photonik".
- LASER4DIY introduction (English)
- Final Report (German)
- Project description on www.photonikforschung.de (German)
- Open-Source-Laserstrukturierer für die DIY-Platinenfertigung, www.photonikforschung.de, article from 2016 (German)
Lasersafe - parametric laser experiment enclosure
- Interactive enclosure planner
- Laser safety window materials (interactive diagram) - transmission measurements with common transparent materials
- documentation (in German): Ermittlung der Absorption, Transmission und Reflexion von transparent Materialien
- (German) Mindmap zur Risikobeurteilung
- Laser4DIY Laser-Shutter
- Github Repository: https://github.com/Laser4DIY/Laser4DIY_LaserShutter
Contact:
- Twitter: @laser4diy
- Email: laser@fablab-muenchen.de