Different Laser-Cut Enclosures for the MCU-Link

The MCU-Link debug probe comes without an enclosure. To protect the hardware against ESD issues, I had created a 3D printed enclosure for it. That one worked fine, but takes some time to print it. If you have to build many enclosures for a full classroom setup, then a laser cutter is much faster. And to create some variations, I have decided to cut it with different materials and colors. To be environment friendly, extra glue is needed, and with recycled PMMA, different colors are possible too.

Different laser-cut enclosure: wood, and red, transparent, blue and green PMMA
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Lasercut Plywood Board for Raspberry Pi

Need a quick way how to attach a LED, a push button and two resistors to the Raspberry Pi header? One way is to use some ‘flying’ wires. Or to use three pieces of lasercut plywood for a nice looking Raspy extension board:

Wood Board on Raspberry Pi

Wood Circuit Board on Raspberry Pi

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Tuning a Laser Cutter and Determine the Maximum Usable Laser Power

The question has been: If I buy such a 50 Watt cheap laser cutter from China, how many Watts does it really have? I have read all these stories that usually what is advertised is only the theoretical maximum I could get, and will not be realistic at all. This article is about how I tuned the machine and how much I got out of it.

Different Laser Power

Different Laser Power

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