Adding Auto registration (a camera) to a Laser Cutter

[Megaplow]

Hey All,
I have a Chinese laser with a PHLC980 control board. Recently I have been using my machine to cut out printed graphics. Aligning the machine to the printed graphic always has a bit of error. Is there any way to add a camera to the machine and have it auto align to the graphics? Going the extra mile would be to add the auto tracing tools the ship with the glowforge. I am hoping there is some open source thing downloadable from github to get this thing done.

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Thank you
Joe

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[AmyThunderlaser]

Hey All,
I have a Chinese laser with a PHLC980 control board. Recently I have been using my machine to cut out printed graphics. Aligning the machine to the printed graphic always has a bit of error. Is there any way to add a camera to the machine and have it auto align to the graphics? Going the extra mile would be to add the auto tracing tools the ship with the glowforge. I am hoping there is some open source thing downloadable from github to get this thing done.

Similar to this:


Thank you
Joe

Hi Joe
Please find below video: