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Laser Micromachining Project
McMaster Biophotonics Research Group
McMaster University
| Participants |
|---|
| Liam Ward: wardw1@mcmaster.ca |
| Jacob Saunders: saundj1@mcmaster.ca |
| Qiyin Fang: qfang@mcmaster.ca |
| Harold Haugen: haugenh@mcmaster.ca |
Description (Summer 2020)
The current goals of the project include: designing and implementing a control system to update the current outdated control system. The new control system will provide a user-friendly GUI to run on a Windows(7+) Operating System. This GUI will send commands to an Arduino-based hardware interface to control various hardware devices. A supplementary goal of the project is to first develop a simple GUI to control the Fiber Laser System.
Important Links
| Link | Description |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/liamward14/Laser-Micromachining-GUI | Current Github Repo (Sapphire Laser) |
| https://liamward14.github.io/Laser-Micromachining-GUI/ | Published Github Project Site |
| https://github.com/liamward14/Fiber-Laser-GUI | Github Repo for Fiber Laser |
Files
| File | Description |
|---|---|
| micromachining_manual_20101206.pdf | MICROMACHINING MANUAL_20101206 |
| micromachining_experimental_setup_connections.pdf | MICROMACHINING EXPERIMENTAL SETUP CONNECTIONS |
Progress / Updates
This section is meant to describe how the control system is to be implemented and provide a section to document updates.
Updates
| Date | Update Description | Associated Files |
|---|---|---|
| 6-10-2020 | Created high-level control system for translation stages:{x,y,z} | See image 'Translation Stage Only Diagram' below |
| 6-10-2020 | Created preliminary high-level control system for entire system (not finished yet) | See image 'Control System Diagram' below |
Translation Stage Only Diagram
Control System Diagram
The Control System diagram can be viewed at this link: Control System Link'
Current Status of the Sapphire Laser Control System GUI
Current Status of the Fiber Laser Control System GUI
