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Yes and no. The mirror is continually scanning horizontally because the mechanics simply can't position that accurately. This is fine, really because the amount the mirror moves in 33uS is essentially zero. He's still capturing single pixels, just while the mirror is moving. Any artifacts from the motion are probably entirely drowned out by the noise in the rest of the system




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