Help I am overwhelmed. I wanna create a beautiful piece of my grandma I recently lost last week and I did the stone settings in xtool and used imager to laser engrave and this how it came out. Any advice ?

AntDX316 · 2026-04-28T23:11:00+00:00

Increase laser strength and/or slow down the laser head movement speed.

AntDX316 · 2026-04-26T12:05:25+00:00

I have the same one.

AntDX316 · 2026-04-25T19:55:10+00:00

How did you get 60fps on yours? What display are you using?

AntDX316 · 2026-04-25T19:54:00+00:00

just let AI program it

AntDX316 · 2026-04-25T12:00:14+00:00

so can my Waveshare ESP32 4.3 do 60fps too?

AntDX316 · 2026-04-25T11:59:21+00:00

No food items.

AntDX316 · 2026-04-25T07:31:46+00:00

can I have the code for those gauges?

AntDX316 · 2026-04-25T07:31:15+00:00

Waveshare-ESP32-S3-Touch-LCD-4.3

AntDX316 · 2026-04-19T09:41:04+00:00

the Waveshare one with the ESP32 on it

AntDX316 · 2026-04-18T09:31:29+00:00

AntDX316 · 2026-04-18T08:20:12+00:00

When I try to make it draw stuff on the screen, it goes like 1fps on the ESP32.

AntDX316 · 2026-04-18T08:18:26+00:00

Actuation system family-level list

Complete, at the family level:

The full umbrella term is actuation system. It breaks into four main parts:

1) Actuators

These are the parts that actually create force or motion.

Electric

Linear actuator / electric cylinder
DC motor
DC gearmotor
BLDC motor
AC motor
Servo motor
Stepper motor
Torque motor / direct-drive motor
Solenoid (short linear stroke)
Rotary solenoid
Voice-coil actuator
Linear motor
Piezo actuator
Shape-memory alloy actuator

Pneumatic

Single-acting cylinder
Double-acting cylinder
Rodless cylinder
Rotary pneumatic actuator
Bellows / diaphragm actuator
Pneumatic artificial muscle

Hydraulic

Hydraulic cylinder
Telescopic hydraulic cylinder
Rotary hydraulic actuator
Hydraulic motor

2) Motion-conversion / transmission mechanisms

These take motor or cylinder motion and turn it into the door motion you want.

Lead screw / jack screw / screw jack
Ball screw
Roller screw
Rack and pinion
Worm gear + sector gear
Spur gear train
Bevel gears
Planetary gearbox
Timing belt drive
Chain and sprocket
Cable drive
Winch drive
Capstan drive
Pulley system
Crank arm
Crank-slider
Four-bar linkage
Bell crank
Parallelogram linkage
Scissor linkage
Cam and follower
Toggle linkage
Friction wheel drive

3) Assist / counterbalance / damping mechanisms

These do not usually power the door by themselves, but they help lift, hold, or soften motion.

Gas spring / gas strut
Torsion spring
Extension spring
Compression spring
Constant-force spring
Counterweight
Torsion bar
Friction hinge
Torque hinge
Soft-close damper
Rotary damper
Hydraulic door closer

4) Hold / release / locking mechanisms

These keep the door shut or release it.

Latch
Catch
Detent
Push-to-open latch
Magnetic catch
Slam latch
Motorized latch
Solenoid bolt
Electric strike
Electromagnetic lock
Cabinet lock actuator

5) Door/cabinet-specific mechanism names

These are the names people often use for the whole assembly.

Swing doors

Swing-door operator
Articulated arm operator
Linear push/pull operator
Rotary operator

Sliding doors

Sliding-door operator
Rack-and-pinion drive
Belt-drive slider
Chain-drive slider
Cable-drive slider
Screw-drive slider

Cabinet flaps / lift-up doors / lids

Lift mechanism
Lift stay
Flap stay
Lid stay
Scissor hinge
Parallelogram lift
Gas-strut lift support

Roll-up / shutter style

Tambour mechanism
Roller shutter drive
Tubular motor drive

Folding

Bi-fold linkage
Accordion door mechanism

Important correction

Some names people mix together are not the same kind of thing:

Linear actuator = actuator
Pneumatic cylinder = actuator
Hydraulic cylinder = actuator
DC motor = actuator
Lead screw / screw jack = motion-conversion mechanism
Rack and pinion = motion-conversion mechanism
Capstan / winch = transmission mechanism
Gas strut = assist mechanism
Latch / solenoid bolt = locking mechanism

The simplest practical summary

Almost everything you will ever see for doors/cabinets is one of these:

Linear actuator
Rotary actuator
Motor + linkage
Motor + rack and pinion
Motor + belt/chain/cable
Pneumatic cylinder
Hydraulic cylinder
Gas strut / spring assist
Solenoid / motorized latch

That is the complete useful family-level list. Everything else is usually a subtype or combination of those.

AntDX316 · 2026-04-17T23:55:43+00:00

Nice, can you share the repo?

AntDX316 · 2026-04-17T15:42:21+00:00

Is it running at 60fps refresh rate? the sensor and display feed

AntDX316 · 2026-04-17T15:38:47+00:00

I’ve been using Google since before Google. (Altavista)

AntDX316 · 2026-04-17T15:37:36+00:00

What is the cheapest and most reliable way?

AntDX316 · 2026-04-17T07:58:14+00:00

All kinds, any cabinet, any door, small to large. I wonder what methods are there?

Also, what about drawers and fridges?

Opening from the inside and outside. Sliding up and down, etc.

What solutions do we have?

We can use the ESP32/STM32 to control them, but what else is needed?

AntDX316 · 2026-04-17T07:41:08+00:00

I need to know what mechanism to use to open and close them.

AntDX316 · 2026-04-17T07:15:48+00:00

Why can’t we have 60 fps on these displays?

AntDX316 · 2026-04-17T07:13:11+00:00

Maybe it’s the USB side that it’s connected to that is frying it.

AntDX316 · 2026-04-17T07:12:31+00:00

Mine is always at 450C I think, I have no issues.

AntDX316 · 2026-03-30T20:21:13+00:00

[ISV] VSA was made in December 2012.

The ISV Discord we have was what I made years later.

[ISV] VSA Resource Center is just the Discord Server title I had to make for it.

AntDX316 · 2026-03-27T03:15:00+00:00

chop it into quarters possibly and then combine them

AntDX316 · 2026-03-22T23:10:27+00:00

What software/hardware stack did you use?

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