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Ok, so I wound up at AfroTech and found out they had a forum. Warning, they seem to have no qualms about stupid posts and profanity; makes me appreciate 4HV all the more.
The only good post in this thread is the first one, and the setup was pretty crude, but I thought the idea was pretty neat. Homemade laser scanner. ,4165.0.html
They also had a link to a schematic search engine: Kind of neat, but Google might still prove more useful provided you know how to use it.
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BTW, that comment has absolutley nothing to do with the fact that Matt makes ultrasonic-probe scanners for a living
Also, this isn't the first laser scanner to be released. And the software isn't the coolest. But whatever, a lot of work went into making it and for that they deserve all the credit in the world
As to the schematic search engine, a lot of the entries are spam, just links to a appnote or general idea. But it might come in handy if you have no idea where to start and looking for ideas.
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... wrote ...
BTW, that comment has absolutley nothing to do with the fact that Matt makes ultrasonic-probe scanners for a living
LOL, funny, but untrue. I don't make touchprobe scanners for a living. I make fourth-axis stages that are used in the MILLING of original artwork. How you'd do that with a touchprobe scanner eludes me, so I won't even try and sell you one. =P heehee
Although laser scanners suck in certain applications, they're a million times faster than touchprobe scanners and give ADEQUATE resolution for SOME applications... for most people the speed is the biggest factor, hence laser > touchprobe. :P
wrote ... Unfortunately, laser scanners falter when presented with refractive, reflective, translucent, or highly absorbent surfaces.
There are some interesting solutions out there for OEMs, such as http://www.surphaser.com/3d_laser_scanner_OEM.html, but the problem with these systems is that they always force you to use their proprietary software, and sometimes proprietary file formats...
Building a system from scratch doesn't have ANY of those problems hehe
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Schematic search engine/Cheap 3D laser scanner
