spectrum20
Newly Enlightened
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- Feb 26, 2016
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Hello! Glad to finally be a part of this forum.
I am an avid DIY electronics enthusiast and the next project I want to create is an RGB laserharp. Last year I purchased plans online and built a laserharp around a 500mW 650nm (Red) analog laser module. I was happy with what I made, but I am more interested in designing something completely on my own.
This is going to be a long project, but I am comfortable figuring out the electronics side of things. My concern is with the "expensive" part-- the lasers.
Specifically, I was wondering how I should go about picking the laser modules? As in power ratios for the colors. I would use the red one mentioned above, and I was thinking I could go with a 250mW green module and then a 500mW blue module. Further, am I even right in thinking that it will be possible to use optics to combine the beams to get the desired RGB effect? My thought process is that by carefully combining separate, "nicer" modules I will be able to achieve a better color effect than with some sketch ebay "white laser" module or the like. I mean it probably won't look like the output of a $1000+ projector, but my goal is to just create a laserharp that can have various colors and animations.
I am an avid DIY electronics enthusiast and the next project I want to create is an RGB laserharp. Last year I purchased plans online and built a laserharp around a 500mW 650nm (Red) analog laser module. I was happy with what I made, but I am more interested in designing something completely on my own.
This is going to be a long project, but I am comfortable figuring out the electronics side of things. My concern is with the "expensive" part-- the lasers.
Specifically, I was wondering how I should go about picking the laser modules? As in power ratios for the colors. I would use the red one mentioned above, and I was thinking I could go with a 250mW green module and then a 500mW blue module. Further, am I even right in thinking that it will be possible to use optics to combine the beams to get the desired RGB effect? My thought process is that by carefully combining separate, "nicer" modules I will be able to achieve a better color effect than with some sketch ebay "white laser" module or the like. I mean it probably won't look like the output of a $1000+ projector, but my goal is to just create a laserharp that can have various colors and animations.