New Endurance L-Cheapo 3.5 watt (3500 mW) diode laser is ready for shipment!
George Fomichev
A year ago, L-Cheapo was developed to provide an open-hardware solution to laser cutting. The L-Cheapo Mark 1 hit 300% of its crowdfunding goal and was delivered faster than most crowdfunded projects in the same category.
link: http://igg.me/at/minilaser/ note Mark 1 looks very
different.
Earlier this year, we have made new models of Endurance L-Cheapo.
The actual board revision
is 2.4 (Mark 2 and Mark 3 use the same board: Mark 3 has more resistors, a
bigger diode, and a bigger transistor, but the same PCB, and a refined design allowing to turn most of 3D printers into
a hybrid tool that can not only engrave but also cut wood, plastic and leather.
We introduce Endurance L-Cheapo Mark 3. It fits in the same footprint as Mark
2, looks suspiciously like Mark 2, and is wired in the exactly the same way as
Mark 2...
This is not about the same product in a smaller case
for a higher price. Mark 3 outputs 70% more photons than its predecessor,
resulting in fewer passes and deeper cuts. At 3.5 watts optical continuous
output, it's the strongest solid-state cutting laser kit currently available.
Both Endurance L-Cheapo Mark 2 and Endurance L-Cheapo Mark 3 are now available
with an optional PWM connector that lets you control the output via any
logic-level pin, from 15% to 100% (if for some reason, such as engraving grayscale
images, you need less laser power).
Endurance L-Cheapo Mark 2 MSRP = $195
Endurance L-Cheapo Mark 3 MSRP = $295
3.5 Watt diode laser video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsqPBhB_acE
Buy now a new Endurance L-Cheapo 3
