beam.rs

Beam.rs is a Rust library that focuses on providing laser projection algorithms.

Are you a laser programmer?

If you program with lasers, I've compiled a small (non-exhaustive) list of libraries and other references. Back in the early 2010's, there weren't very many resources for programming with lasers. This has changed quite a bit in recent years. Here's a list to help you get started.

Rust laser projection libraries

• beam.rs [you are here], a laser projection algorithm library.

• ilda.rs, an ILDA file parser. This reads standard ILDA laser projection files.

• lase.rs, a Multi-DAC client library (only etherdream is supported right now, but more will be added soon).

Helpful Programs / Utilities

• Etherdream Emulator, a program that acts as a virtual DAC and visualizes laser projection.

• Ilda Player, a program for projecting ILDA files.

Other code of interest

• Go Ether Dream, Tim's Golang Ether Dream client library.

• Laser Asteroids, a game I wrote in Python.

• Laser Graffiti, a novel program for drawing lasers with lasers.

• Laser Pong, another game I wrote in Python.

Other resources

• lasers.io, my website for laser projection. It will be updated with algorithms and a laser programming blog in the future.

• Photon Lexicon, the laser projection forum. It's a welcoming community with lots of advice.

License

BSD 4-clause

Copyright (c) 2017, Brandon Thomas. All rights reserved.

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   This product includes software developed by Brandon Thomas (bt@brand.io, echelon@gmail.com).

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