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My friend Hirotaka and I worked hard to develop an affordable easy to use laser cutter for about one year. Then finally, our ideas and effort were fully realized.

-Open source
People can be freely modify our software and hardware to expand the processing area and add such as adding additional functions.

-1.6 watts diode laser
It adopted 1.6 watts diode laser for the laser parts. The output is strong enough that it can cut 0.079inch (2mm) of material.

-Mechanical parts.
We adopted open builds V-slot (http://openbuildspartstore.com/) for our mechanical parts, therefore it is simple and easy to assemble.

-Computer software
Computer software works on the Browser. It’s producing by HTML, JavaScript, Python and this is Cross-platform. You can use with Windows、Max OS X、Lunux、Raspberry Pi.

- The control board
Arduino Mega’s program is based on GRBL

Details

Details of Smart Laser Mini

・Composition of Smart Laser Mini

・Laser

For the Laser diode, we use Blue Laser Diode 1.6 W in TO56 Package by OSRAM Ltd.

http://www.osram-os.com/Graphics/XPic1/00088311_0.pdf/PL TB450B.pdf

Laser diode is cooling by the heat sink and fan, also it reduces the tempersture rise of the laser diode.

And, ｔhe cover for blocking the light of the laser are mounted on the laser module.

Download Data file

http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1026345/#files

・Axises

Smart Laser Mini’s axises are OpenBuilds’s V-Slot Linear Rail(20 x 20mm)とDelrin Mini V Wheel. By adopting V-Slot, the number of parts will be reduced and the mechanism will become simple.

http://openbuildspartstore.com/v-slot-linear-rail/

http://openbuildspartstore.com/delrin-mini-v-wheel/

・Acrylic parts

Smart Laser Mini is used 5mm thickness acrylic for marerials such as Plates.

Download Data file

http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1026345/#files

・Motors

Use 3pcs of NEMA17 Stepping motors(JK43HS34)

・Controllers

It built 2pcs of A4988 drivers dedicated shield to the Arduino Mega.

It called “Smart Laser Mini Shield”

Built Smart Laser Mini Shield to the Arduino Mega

Arduino Mega

https://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoBoardMega2560

A4988 drivers

https://www.pololu.com/product/1182

Smart Laser Mini Shield designed using the KiCad.

http://kicad-pcb.org/

Download Smart Laser Mini Shield’s design data file from GitHub.

・KiCad data files

・Circuit diagram (pdf)

・Parts list

https://github.com/smartDIYs/SmartLaserMiniShield

・Firmware

The controller software is based on the GBRL (http://bengler.no/grbl) which modified the Lasersaur (http://www.lasersaur.com/). The computer and controller are connected via COM (USB), and the communication is working by G-Code.

・PC Software

PC Software also based on Lasersaur.

It made by Python, HTML and JavaScript therefore It can work in a variety of platforms such as Windows, Mac and Linux.

This PC software is Server-client system.

Start the server software on the PC that you want to work on and start a browser session as a client on the same PC to access the server software.

Also, it is possible to perform server and client software on different PCs and control them through the Internet.

The software on the server side is created based on the light Web framework Bottle of Python. The software on the client side is created in HTML and JavaScript.

・Software Download

Download Smart Laser Mini’s software from GitHub

https://github.com/smartDIYs/SmartLaserMini

・Work data

As for the Smart Laser Mini, there are two types of working techniques.

1. The vector cutting

The vector cutting can cut along the outer shapes also It can be created in SVG or DXF format.

2.The raster engraving　

Raster engraving is for impressing an image while horizontally scanning just like filling.

Raster engraving can be put into practice by pasting SVG, PNG or BMP format images.

・Work with Raspberry Pi

Smart Laser Mini also works with Raspberry Pi. As you can see the following blog, we mounted Raspberry Pi 2 and 7inch monitor to the Smart Laser Mini.

・Raspberry Pi 2 , Monitor and Desktop Laser Cutter

http://www.smartdiys.com/blog/raspberry-pi-7-inch-monitor/

・Manual

You can check this Manual. http://en.smartdiys.com/manual/smart-laser-mini-new/This is more details of the Smart Laser Mini.

・Facebook Group

We created a Japanese pubric group called “ Share your work using the Smart Laser Mini”

The group members post and share own work in Facebook. We will create in English version soon.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1630210010590821/

Discussions

Isaac Wingfield wrote 01/15/2024 at 04:20

Not clear why this needs a Mega -- I used a 4 MHz 8080 to run a plotter just fine over 40 years ago.

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fid wrote 12/22/2018 at 16:23

Too bad many of the links to smartdiys.com are now broken. They do have links to downloading software, etc. on the site I didn't try it in English or know if that exists.

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Fharsaude S. Pandangan wrote 01/06/2016 at 09:04

You don't ship to Philippines?

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smartDIYs wrote 02/09/2016 at 07:46

Yes we can ship to Philippines. http://store.smartdiys.com/ Also If you have any questions, please feel free to contact to support@smartdiys.com. you can receive our reply faster. Thnaks!

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smartDIYs wrote 10/26/2015 at 07:50

Hello Guys, Thank you for waiting for more details of Smart Laser Mini. I updated it now and If you have any questions, please feel free to ask us :)

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Christian Bane wrote 10/26/2015 at 13:29

Hello smartDIYs, and thanks for the updates, it's a great project! I would like to start building one, but I think I'm a bit lost with the controller shield to use with the Arduino. If I'm not wrong, you use a shield on the arduino that controls the sevos with 2 a4988 plugged on it. I wonder what shield do you use ? It's not mentionned in the details. Is it a "homemade" shield we can build out of a prototyping shield or it is specificaly produced for your machine ? I noticed that the laser controller PCB is not in the component list, do you have any details ? Thanks for your help !

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smartDIYs wrote 10/13/2015 at 04:16

Hi Szczepan. Thank you for your comment. We've been a hectic days for launching our new product "Smart Laser CO2" We will update more details as soon as possible. Thank you.

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Szczepan wrote 10/10/2015 at 23:09

That's definitely something interesting - waiting for more details :)

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smartDIYs wrote 10/02/2015 at 08:41

Hi Sebastian. Thank you so much for your comment. We are going to update more details of this product soon. Please continue to check it out :)

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Sebastian Holmqvist wrote 10/02/2015 at 06:11

This looks super interesting! Missing a parts list and e.g. a Git for the source code.

Overall, some more details would be great!

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DIY Desktop Laser Cutter

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Details of Smart Laser Mini

・Laser

・Axises

・Acrylic parts

・Motors

・Controllers

・Firmware

・PC Software

・Software Download

・Work data

・Work with Raspberry Pi

・Manual

・Facebook Group

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Details of Smart Laser Mini

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・Axises

・Acrylic parts

・Motors

・Controllers

・Firmware

・PC Software

・Software Download

・Work data

・Work with Raspberry Pi

・Manual

・Facebook Group

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