Art is all around us. Sadly, this is not an example of it.

Optics Design

3D rendering of the optics layout.

Charging

There's a built-in charger for the battery.

Beam with Expander

A beam shot with a 3x beam expander mounted.

Beam Shot

Beam targeting an unfortunate piece of cardboard. There is no beam expander mounted here and the final beam 6m away is about 6mm.

Test Fire

Test firing at 3% power, just at the threshold of losing.

Ready to go

Power selectable via knob in digital steps. Press the fire switch down for momentary fire or up to latch.

Finished Board

The finished board with all components soldered.

Solder Prep

A clean workstation is essential for surface mount soldering. Parts are small and easy to lose.

Pile O Parts

I may be Digikey's best customer.

Soldermask Stencil

JLCPCB can ship you a solder mask for the SMD parts. Get it. It makes easy work of applying solder paste.

Prototype

How does a rotary encoder work? Will this MOSFET get too hot?

Optics Board

Lasers, power supplies and optics are mounted. The black pieces I had 3D printed; they allow me to fine tune the cylindrical lens alignment.

Photography