Laser writing on a red solo cup with ChiliPeppr and a TinyG

Here's how to use your TinyG to toggle a diode laser on off and write onto a red solo cup. ChiliPeppr is used to generate the gcode on-the-fly using the new Font2Gcode widget and the SVG2Gcode widget. The laser driver is $9 on Aliexpress. The diode NUBM44 is somewhat pricey at $175 from DTR Laser shop.

[hermannamaya]

Hello John:
I just came across your page and TinyG due to a comment I found on Instructables, "Raspberry Pi Alamode CNC Controller_ 13 Steps (with Pictures)" with reference to connecting the system directly to a laptop. IN there, you have to use the Raspberry Pi connected to an Arduino ALAMODE board and then to a GPIO card for a set of three cards (Raspberry Pi + 2 additional hats)and no laptop. However your option about using TinyG is of interest to me and I have questions:
1. How do you connect the laptop to the TinyG board?
2. What operating system is compatible with this board? Windows, Linux, MacOS??
3. Since my application includes a 5W Laser, is the Spindle connector points the controls for the laser?
4. I noticed that there is an additional board that controls the power. What kind of board is this? A power distribution unit?
5. The Laser that I have in mind runs on 5-12VDC but the power supplies you call in this project are 24VDC and 48VDC then a different supply is needed. How do you approach this problem?
6. Perhaps you could prove us with a schematic diagram that illustrates your design?
Thank you very much.
Hermann Amaya

[dpmakestuff]

You're a mad scientist! Are you going to manufacture these?