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#LaserWeb3
##Welcome to the LaserWeb3 wiki!
- A ground up rewrite of the serial comms layer (In progress: Smoothieware support is done, Marlin support is available for testing and further development, and Grbl support needs to be written next)
- A new tabbed multilayer CAM system that allows you to load dxfs, svgs, stls and rasters into the SAME job! (implemented, needs testing)
- A new costing estimate module - for those of you who make money out of your lasers - should help you quote just a little more accurate (already implemented)
- Smoothieware Ethernet support (nearly done)
- Rotary Axis Support (planned)
Note: Ever changing. See the Issues tab above for details.
| Tables | Supported by LW3 | Raster Grayscale | Realtime Feedback | Pull Requests Accepted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoothieware | Fully | Yes | Yes | Yes - improvements |
| Marlin | In Alpha | No | No | Yes - test and improve |
| Grbl | planned | No | No | Yes - please |
| TinyG | not planned | No | Yes | Yes - please |
| Repetier | not planned | No | No | Yes |
Long story short: Smoothieware wins on all fronts. its the ONLY open source firmware which automatically modulates its laser power output according to the realtime acceleration values - ensuring that (de)acceleration does not cause larger kerf / darker engraves - which the other firmwares cause. This is a MUST for good Raster engraving, and is needed for Raster Grayscale!
Smoothieware is also a massively faster (up to 120Mhz vs the 16Mhz of the Arduino based controllers) - which means we can pull near realtime feedback from the controller. This keeps the UI massively responsive, and ensures you are always aware of what your machine is doing.
By using this software, the user accepts complete responsibility for each and every aspect of safety associated with the use of the Laser machine, Laser system and LaserWeb3 Software.
####You agree that:
- You will not hold the author or contributors of LaserWeb3 liable for any damage to equipment or persons from the use of LaserWeb3.
- You know the potential hazards in using high power lasers and high voltages.
- You will wear professional laser-eye-protection when using a laser controlled by LaserWeb3.
- You will use the LaserWeb2 software in a legal and safe manner.
- You relieve the author and contributors from any liability arising from the use or distribution of the LaserWeb3 software.
- You are entirely operating at your own risk. Lasers can be lethally dangerous.