Difference between revisions of "Larson Scanner"

Revision as of 19:03, 30 August 2011

This page is a central site for documentation of the Larson Scanner kit.

Main details about the Larson Scanner kit:

• Announcement article at Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories
• Kit page at evilmadscience.com

Assembly instructions:

• PDF Version (3.8 MB PDF) (Trouble Viewing? Please click here.)

Background and details about the Larson Scanner:

• The Larson Scanner is named after Glen A. Larson, who produced Battlestar Galactica and Knight Rider series
• An analog version of a scanning red light circuit, at Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories
• A version written for Make, at Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories

Open Source Hardware documentation for the Larson Scanner:

• Source code is available at Google Code: standard firmware
• Electrical schematics are here. (33 kB .pdf file)
• The circuit board design is in gEDA, and you can download the design files here. (74 kB .pcb file)
• For home PCB etching, the PCB layout, showing the individual circuit board layers broken out individually with crop marks, is also available as a pdf here. (124 kB .pdf file)

Places for questions, answers, and sharing experiences:

• Larson Scanner Forum at Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories
• Evil Mad Science Auxiliary Flickr Group where you can share photos of your Larson Scanners