.Monday, April 13, 2009 ;
8:21 PM
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The world needs your light....
Meeting started at 3 p.m. at Ngee Ann Polytechnic.
Our first box is mostly completed, holes had been drilled and the relevant components such as the digital micromirror device, laser drivers, compact vision system, power source and beam splitter have been installed and placed in the appropriate positions. The box looks different in real than on paper, in fact, the design had been modified quite a bit. What's left is to cover the box after wiring it up and to add the necessary lenses and mirrors.
Next, we discussed the supplier for a laser source. We decided on a 1 - 2 Watt laser supply, ensuring its theoretical volume can fit into our boxes. We need to find the wavelength of a green/orange laser that is marked TEN000 and me-he. Mr Lee has provided a list of suppliers which can be called up. Next, we need to use Paint programme to design some images to screen, because it would be impossible to use an image projector without images. We also explored the Labview software to get ready for our next procedure, the software component. We also need to buy BGA port cables from any hardware, electronice or DIY shop, they must be 1 male and 3 female plugs.
We shared the progress of our project with the deans of Ngee Ann Polytechnic afterwards, with a brief Q and A session.