William Benner

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William Benner

William Benner

@WilliamBennerJr

President and CTO of @PangolinSystems. Talk with me about @ScannerMAX #galvo scanners, LASORB semiconductors, #software and other #laser related topics.

Orlando, FL เข้าร่วม Aralık 2021
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@FourSigmatic As a best-selling author of four separate business books, here's a business lesson for you: Your checkout flow tricked me into an accidental subscription (I intentionally selected what appeared to be a one-time purchase). I only discovered it when the second box arrived. Support replied quickly via text, but required me to pay return shipping before issuing a refund. This was a missed opportunity. A simple goodwill refund + letting me keep the product would’ve turned me into a promoter — I could’ve shared the coffee with coworkers and likely created new customers for you. Instead, I must orchestrate the return before receiving a refund. So instead of a win-win, you’ve created a lose-lose situation. Consider this in your future dealings with customers. Small gestures build loyalty. Friction like this creates vocal detractors.
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Another custom system. Very compact scanner with 10mm wide-angle mirror and right-angle connector.
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Nice 20mm system with silicon carbide mirrors, going out to a lucky customer!
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I made a video showing how my home-brew Hame Radio antenna worked from Hawaii! See it here: youtu.be/yhd4aDTyCKw
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Nice 50mm Gold system going out to a fortunate customer ;-)
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PJ/LaserCrema 🔜Cfz, Anthrocon, Denfur
Unrelated bill 2 things : 1. could I have a code snippet of any program when "send 2 beyond " is activated? Maybe I can add an sample program that is an addition to the regular SDK. 2. Is there an agreement I can look into for external visualization output? For me it might be good to make an advisor program that gives tips of issues based on external Viz or warns the user.. still brainstorming
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PJ/LaserCrema 🔜Cfz, Anthrocon, Denfur
Early work in progress of my own laser drawing software. Has an unique and own way of defining the amount of points in a corner. Automatic blanking handling.. 🎵 Gryff - The Feeling
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@masterpj55 Sounds really interesting Pieter! Please keep in touch about this.
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PJ/LaserCrema 🔜Cfz, Anthrocon, Denfur
Set your calendars for mid march 2026: A 2 year long laser project will be launched, televised. + Includes a documentairy. My longest and biggest lasershow will run for 15 years on one of the most iconic world monuments. Lights and lasers all been custom build for this project.
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@masterpj55 Looks neat Pieter! We were involved in a project like that back in 2014. We still bring the circuit board and scanners with us to demonstrate at Photonics West. Ours could handle hundreds of watts though, with full 30K graphics, etc.
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PJ/LaserCrema 🔜Cfz, Anthrocon, Denfur
Smallest rgb laser projector. Custom ASIC and custom semiconductor mens. Running at few miliwatts ... capable of nearly half a watts of rgb laser power Early pc control
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Most are what we call "Standard", which has 56 turns on the coil. The two -80 variants have 80 turns. The 80S has them connected in series. The 80P has them connected in parallel. The 80P could potentially be faster than the "standard", but it requires a super high power driver. It is also a good choice when you have limited power supply voltage, such as +/-15V.
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PJ/LaserCrema 🔜Cfz, Anthrocon, Denfur
@WilliamBennerJr was watching some of your recent scanner demos and it left me wondering. Say my beam is 2.5mm and I'd be using the smallest mirror (silicon mirror) how feasible would 90kpps be at 8 degrees and what angles would you reckon be achievable? Where comes the point the mirror size/weight is less of the obstacle?
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We just released a series of videos showing how to control ScannerMAX scanners using Python and Labview, and with NI-DAQ and LabJack and Arduino hardware. Check it out here: youtube.com/playlist?list=…
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PJ/LaserCrema 🔜Cfz, Anthrocon, Denfur
@WilliamBennerJr watched video. Turning a hobby into a business is hard. I can live ok of it but I still feel like im on that growth path of chargings what the service is really worth sometimes :). I liked the interview.
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PJ/LaserCrema 🔜Cfz, Anthrocon, Denfur
@WilliamBennerJr Really cool to see the SDK for scannermax. will probably intergrate it in my controller that links into the internal switches so i can change the tuning profiles in browser if a scannermax is connected/detected.
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@masterpj55 Looks like MAX is still working well. Have you played with Blender?
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Just wrapped up a fantastic conversation with Steve Talpin, author of the book Fail Hard, Win Big, and creator of the podcast Software Leaders Uncensored! The conversation took some fascinating turns, especially when we explored how a passion for electronics and music led to pioneering laser shows worldwide! Can’t wait for you to hear the full podcast, coming soon!
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