Laser engraver Duty cycle

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HI

I’m interested in finding out the duty cycle of my Snapmaker Ray with 20w diode module. I’m working in Greyscale mode.

I’m not quite sure what info or question to start with.

Do I begin with the Dot size (0.1x0.08), The duty cycle eg 1000 (milliseconds) for the Freq, Exposure duration, and the Speed setting…and should I be calculating in Seconds or Milliseconds.

I’ve been watching Russ Saddler and not taking notes but I do it that way because it helps me eventually, to get a deeper understanding and learn other nuances and also the notes are never to hand when I have a detail to check during thought experiments.

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On a digital device, whatever percent power is, that’s your duty cycle. If you select 50% power the pwm signal will be a 50% duty cycle.

If you use grayscale, every bit could be at a different power level or duty cycle.

:grinning_cat:

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