@ DisplaysRus Ta very much. On a parallel note, do you happen to know if there exists such an 'analogue' varient for DLPs? Something able to bend the mirrors to arbitrary angles rather than juat on or off the lens? I figure if I got a knowledgable guy on the line, I gotta ask everything!
@elmer Not as an array of pixels, to my knowledge. I can't think of any purpose for that. The DLP is designed to point the mirrors at a specific angle. However, there are single mirror devices that can be driven to many angles. A single axis mirror is used in some laser bar code readers, for example. A two axis mirror is used for rastering a laser to create an image in Microvisions pico projector. Mirrorcle is one company that also produces MEMs mirror modules. Perhaps there are other like devices used in optical network switching..
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Ta very much. On a parallel note, do you happen to know if there exists such an 'analogue' varient for DLPs? Something able to bend the mirrors to arbitrary angles rather than juat on or off the lens? I figure if I got a knowledgable guy on the line, I gotta ask everything!
@elmer
Not as an array of pixels, to my knowledge. I can't think of any purpose for that. The DLP is designed to point the mirrors at a specific angle. However, there are single mirror devices that can be driven to many angles. A single axis mirror is used in some laser bar code readers, for example. A two axis mirror is used for rastering a laser to create an image in Microvisions pico projector. Mirrorcle is one company that also produces MEMs mirror modules. Perhaps there are other like devices used in optical network switching..