This familiar footprint manages to contain everything you need for a three-axis machine. The purple boards slotted into the pairs of SIL headers are Pololu Stepper motor drivers. Going this route ...
In that case, it can be mesmerizing like this Arduino-driven ... let the laser cutter loose on some more 3mm stock. A pair of stepper motors connected to a CNC shield do all of the work, driving ...
The motors are paired with three other main components: an off-the-shelf 250 mW laser module, an Arduino Uno, and an ...