Add Auto Focus for galvo laser

[HITLASERS (jody haddad)]

Is there someone at Lightburn I can talk to about getting a feature possibly added? I am currently designing and testing a auto-focus system for my Galvo laser. A few people have shown interest in getting one too but their first question is does it work with lightburn? Answer is, Yes it does because it is a standalone controller. if lightburn is interested in adding the feature, I could easily add a serial connection for lightburn to talk through and send commands back and forth. I have a stepper motor controlled Z-axis and a laser distance sensor. I’m reading distance from the sensor with a Arduino device that controls the stepper motor. the way i see this working is a software toggle that when enabled in lightburn would send a focus command to the Arduino and wait for a ok reply before running the laser job.

[MikeyH (Mike Hembrey)]

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[HITLASERS (jody haddad)]

@HITLASERS

Is there someone at Lightburn I can talk to about getting a feature possibly added? I am currently designing and testing a auto-focus system for my Galvo laser. A few people have shown interest in getting one too but their first question is does it work with lightburn? Answer is, Yes it does because it is a standalone controller. if lightburn is interested in adding the feature, I could easily add a serial connection for lightburn to talk through and send commands back and forth. I have a stepper motor controlled Z-axis and a laser distance sensor. I’m reading distance from the sensor with a Arduino device that controls the stepper motor. the way i see this working is a software toggle that when enabled in lightburn would send a focus command to the Arduino and wait for a ok reply before running the laser job.

Thanks Mikey, i just submitted it to be voted on