You can also buy it as a DIY kit, or simply reference the components list and instructions, and use the firmware, drivers, and software shared.

You can also buy it as a DIY kit, or simply reference the components list and instructions, and use the firmware, drivers, and software shared.

  • Gloomy@mander.xyz
    32·
    6 hours ago

    To my understanding this needs LaserGRBL as Software. It seems this is Window software only. Kind of a wired choice for an Open Source project.

      • pankuleczkapl@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        13·
        2 hours ago

        You should also consider the fact that Linux users are hugely overrepresented in such communities, because there is a large overlap between people who, as a hobby, want to make stuff in the physical world and people who want to make stuff in the digital world.

        • I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world
          2·
          2 hours ago

          You’re right, there are more Linux users in such communities. How foolish of them to only cater to 95% of the population!

          • rbn@sopuli.xyz
            8·
            1 hour ago

            Based on my experience Linux and Mac OS are more or less on par with Windows in the maker community with Windows’ popularity rather decreasing than increasing.

    • zout@fedia.io
      4·
      5 hours ago

      Since it’s open source, you could just port it to other software which runs on an iMac, maybe with some help of AI.

        • zout@fedia.io
          1·
          2 hours ago

          :-p I was going to type Amiga, but changed my mind in the last second. I think complaining this is Windows only on a hardware community isn’t really necessary. Also, the hardware is open source so you can probably adapt it to work with any system on lots of hardware. That requires some work, but most open source projects do.

      • sparkee@lemmy.world
        5·
        4 hours ago

        I’m with you. It is an open source project and the author is under no obligation to develop it for your preferences.

  • aeiou@piefed.socialEnglish
    6·
    5 hours ago

    It’s a cute project, but hardly seems practical with the availabilty of Chinese laser engravers that have 5-10x the laser power for only $30-60 more.

    • Kalothar@lemmy.ca
      7·
      3 hours ago

      Any particular ones you would recommend? I’m not super familiar with this technology tbh

      • unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de
        12·
        3 hours ago

        I dont have a product recommendation but I do have a safety recommendation, and that is research about laser safety before buying anything. There are cheap laser engravers out there without proper safety shielding that can and will blind you. As long as you have good laser safety glasses it’s fine but the ones that they ship with the product are often not actually rated for the power levels or wavelengths that the laser has.