I'm a student working on a system to reduce cost compared to our universities current photolithography system which uses conventional expensive masks. After looking at the TI dev kit options we figured a UV rated DMD is necessary for our applications, currently the lightcrafter 4500 seems to be our best option at this time.
My questions are, would the optics included on the lightcrafter 4500 kit be ideal for our applications? we planned on using the camera port of a trinocular microscope to reduce the size of our pattern onto our photo sensitive material, we've seen this used in other projects. Also would we be able to replace the light source on the dev kit with something like an array of UV LED's at about 350nm? or should we be looking at a dev kit without a factory light engine? At this point would we need to consider a better heat management system if we use higher wattage UV LED's? Would we be able to order a lightcrafter 4500 dev kit with special features like the type A windowed DMD and a special light engine for lithography applications?
Finally cost is very important to us, is there any special pricing offered for students or universities? if you want to feel bad for us google "Louisiana education budget cuts".
Currently we have many things to consider but any clarifications would be greatly appreciated - thanks, Jacob
