--- title: "2026 Frikkin Lasers Contest: Steampunk, 360 O-Scope Does It With Tubes" url: https://daily.dev/posts/2026-frikkin-lasers-contest-steampunk-360-o-scope-does-it-with-tubes-egxsdnz3x source_url: https://hackaday.com/2026/06/17/2026-frikkin-lasers-contest-steampunk-360-o-scope-does-it-with-tubes type: article source: "Hackaday" published: 2026-06-17T20:28:56.644Z updated: 2026-06-17T20:29:17.518Z tags: ["hardware"] reading_time: 2 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # 2026 Frikkin Lasers Contest: Steampunk, 360 O-Scope Does It With Tubes **[Hackaday](https://daily.dev/sources/hackaday)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The Tachyscope Laser is a 360-degree oscilloscope display built by Daniel Ross for the 2026 Frikkin Lasers contest. It uses a helium-neon laser tube whose beam travels up a hollow shaft and bounces off a galvanometer mirror on a spinning platform, sweeping across a translucent target at ~100 RPM to create waveform visuals via persistence of vision. The enclosure is styled in steampunk fashion with exposed vacuum tubes driving the galvo — functional elements that also serve the aesthetic. The contest runs until July 23rd and includes categories for DIY lasers and non-display projects. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [2026 Frikkin Lasers Contest: Glow Engine Is Like An Open Air Slow Scan CRT](https://daily.dev/posts/2026-frikkin-lasers-contest-glow-engine-is-like-an-open-air-slow-scan-crt-iubro5juk) · Hackaday · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Congratulations To The Frikkin Laser Winners\!](https://daily.dev/posts/congratulations-to-the-frikkin-laser-winners--lahf8ul4l) · Hackaday · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [2026 Frikkin Lasers Challenge: Super-Simple Laser Precision For Your Stargazing](https://daily.dev/posts/2026-frikkin-lasers-challenge-super-simple-laser-precision-for-your-stargazing-ad1m9nfnz) · Hackaday · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [2026 Frikkin Lasers Challenge: Laser Bandsaw](https://daily.dev/posts/2026-frikkin-lasers-challenge-laser-bandsaw-ostdklatw) · Hackaday · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#hardware](https://daily.dev/tags/hardware) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/2026-frikkin-lasers-contest-steampunk-360-o-scope-does-it-with-tubes-egxsdnz3x)