Peachy Circuit Developments

[Eddie]

Here are some videos talking about some circuit developments:

[Feign]

I gotta say, the biggest developments here are mounting the laser diode directly to the board, and having a set of LEDs for voltage adjustment... The former because that's a step away from the modular concept they had at the start (though I'm assuming they'll still have a "Laser on/off output" for people to add their own laser to it) and the voltage adjustment LEDs are just a great idea in general.

I wonder after the Peachy ships, if they'll also sell a package that is just the Peachy Board by itself. So much of the system is on that board now, everything else can be home-built (though the drip counter and galvanometer are certainly nice as well, I'm still excited to see what they have for a damping system in the next hardware update.)

[3dspider]

The main problem with having the diode on board is that the diode will be a "consumable" part. Without the diode being easily user - replaceable, will users have to buy a new peachy board every 5k-10k hours? (The average life of most diode based lasers)

[ScottWalde]

Exactly. On the prototypes I've built, I've used a socket for the LD. That's most likely the plan. Honestly, we'd rather sell you a replacement LD than a new board.