You can also buy it as a DIY kit, or simply reference the components list and instructions, and use the firmware, drivers, and software shared.
You can also buy it as a DIY kit, or simply reference the components list and instructions, and use the firmware, drivers, and software shared.
I see some of us don’t bother mixing the kool aid and just snort the crystals off the kitchen counter.
most of the population doesn’t even own a computer, much less the aptitude or will to build a DIY laser engraver
It sounds like you just described all of the people that are not the target market, as opposed to PC users… that would use pcs, with software to drive a laser.
My first job out of University was for a CNC laser and turret company and you’d better believe 100% of their control systems ran on Windows.
But I suppose I can agree with you that it would be very hard to operate one of these without a computer?
Oh, extremely!
The cad plotting software I’ve used for laser engravers was Windows-based, but I didn’t consider myself any sort of user of any OS to sit in a chair and burn logos into hearing aids.
I wouldn’t think any major company would be DIY-ing anything, and be more likely to purchase it readymade. The US taxpayer pays for the writeoff anyway.
IMO, for hobbyists, for tinkerers, for DIYers, make it run on anything. There’s no reason not to.
I would certainly expect linux ports to get off the ground, and I don’t see any reason it would be confined to Windows land. It just seemed disingenuous for folks to be getting mad at the guy to point out that the software being written for Windows first is targeting the largest possible audience.