Mini laser help needed

[berainlb (PY)]

Looked it up and the hardware seems surprisingly good for $100. Some research shows that the priced was recently reduced from $200.

II see one other post on this forum that references this laser:

New to laser engraving- unable to use at all-machine is loaded but LB crashes

installed LB but i get a “not responding” response when i try to do anything. system shows ready, but waiting for connection. preloaded software works but very basic. I would like to purchase LB but I can’t actually use it to engrave. i was able to create and save a LB project but that’s it. Also installed GRBL but when i try to connect it thinks about it but does not connect. any help is greatly appreciated

I suspect LightBurn won’t work with this laser out of the box. However, you may be able to do a cheap board swap or possibly a software upgrade to enable it. The native software looks painful.

EDIT: I examined the require usb-serial driver and looks like it uses a very common CH341 chip.