Amiga Hardware DatabaseManufacturer “Pangolin Laser Software”
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Manufacturer Pangolin Laser Software, USA | Date 1991 | Amiga A2000, A3000, A4000 | Interface Zorro II |
- Laser Display Controller
- provides analogue and digital channels to control a Laser Display system (XYZ-RGB-I) to perform laser shows
- DB-25F connector on the slot bracket
- each analogue output provides bipolar direct current (DC)
- X, Y, Z channels: -5 to +5 volts
- R, G, B channels: 0 to +5 volts
- depth cueing input for 3D applications
- blanking support
- software
- supported by Pangolin Laser Show Designer LD400 software package
- up to 16.800.000 colors
- up to 4 laser projector operated (requires multiple QM16 cards)
- 3D and 2D mode
- script-based programming to generate laser shows
- support for up to 32 tracks
- support for real-time 3D manipulations
- support for up to 10,000 3D laser frames with up to 2,000 points per frame
- renumbering laser graphics
- real-time laser preview
- Asteroids laser game
- notes
- although intended as laser controller, the card and software can also be used for other DC control voltage applications
- no protection circuitry on the digital outputs
front side
back side
- Pinouts16.html
LaserFX.com
Pinouts and Connection Hints (english)
Manufacturer Pangolin Laser Software, USA | Date 1989 | Amiga A2000, A3000 | Interface Paula socket |
- Laser Display Controller
- provides up to 4 channels to control a Laser Display system (XY-I or XYZ-I) to perform laser shows
- uses the 4 sound channels of the Amiga for controlling - as the Amiga provides only 2 stereo channels (mixed sound), the card is needed to have 4 independent channels
- 4× RCA connectors on the slot bracket
- each connector provides bipolar direct current (DC), -5 to +5 volts
- connector assignment (X, Y, Z, I) depends on the software and attached system
- board connects only to Paula socket via 48 pin connector attached to a ribbon cable
- Paula functions, like disk operations and the standard left and right audio outputs, are realized by the board, the chip is not needed any longer
- software
- supported by Pangolin Laser Show Designer LD200 and LD300 software packages
- up to 256 colors
- 1 laser projector operated
- 3D and 2D mode
- script-based programming to generate laser shows
- support for up to 4 (LD200) resp. 8 (LD300) tracks
- notes
- two clips (CEAC - black one, HIRAM - red one) have to be connected to 2 resistors on the board:
- A2000: CAEC to R409 (rear side), HIRAM to R407 (rear side)
- A3000: CAEC to R404 (right side), HIRAM to R405 (right side)
- although intended as laser controller, the card and software can also be used for other DC control voltage applications
- a3000-qm8.htm
Pangolin
A3000 installation instructions (english)