Software

Traveling salesman algorithm for finding tool paths [link].

Rhino3D - very nice commercial CAD system [link].

OpenNURBS - use to operate on Rhino3d files [link].

Open Source Web Design - the basic css for this site [link].

All css, html, cgi.pl for this site [link].

Proteus circuit design, circuit modeling and printed circuit board layout [link].

Enhanced machine control (EMC) [link].

EMC config files for the laser [link].

Toolpath generation software to convert rhino files to gcode [link].

Vendors

Mouser - electronic parts [link].

Coherent CO2 lasers [link].

Stock drive products - gears, belts, pulleys and other mechanical items [link].

Toroids for motor power supplies [link].

The 5I20 FPGA based PCI Anything I/O card - interfaces very nicely with EMC [link].

Pico systems Universal Stepper Control Card also interfaces nicely with EMC [link].

Gecko motor drivers interface with the Universal Stepper Card [link].

US Digital servo motor encoders interface with Gecko motor drives [link].

Documentation

Table of contents for EMC [link].

EMC's hardware abstraction layer (HAL) [link].

HAL drivers [link].

The EMC driver for the Universal Stepper Control card [link].

Python based virtual control panels (pyvcp) for HAL [link].

More pyvcp documentation [link].

Examples of using pyvcp [link].

Debugging parallel ports under EMC [link].

Axis - the EMC interface for motion control [link].

Services

On-line production of printed circuit boards. These guys take files from proteus [link].

Water jet cutting [link].

Other

My blog for work I do in the laser studio [link].