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Automated Raspberry Pi Planet Tracking GOTO Telescope -- Episode 436

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In this video Derek takes a Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope, inertial measurement unit, CCD camera and a beefed-up pan & tilt mechanism to create an automated planet tracker. Everything is orchestrated via a custom arcade-style controller centered around a Raspberry Pi running C++/OpenCV code to run the UI and control positioning.

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Arduino Uno Arduino Uno 1 Buy Now
Raspberry Pi 3 Raspberry Pi 1 Buy Now
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  • Derek (DCtoDaylight)
    Derek (DCtoDaylight) over 5 years ago in reply to DAB +4
    I got the pan/tilt positioner from my local surplus, non-working and covered in a layer of dust; they knew nothing about it. 75 (or 100?) bucks later and I had a nice paperweight. The original idea was…
  • tariq.ahmad
    tariq.ahmad over 5 years ago in reply to picopi +3
    Hi picopi , I've added these as an attachment.
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    picopi over 5 years ago +2
    Where's the beef? Links to code, STL,...
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    picopi over 5 years ago

    Where's the beef?
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    picopi over 5 years ago

    Where's the beef?
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    cstanton over 5 years ago in reply to picopi

    tariq.ahmad Do you know if we have them for this episode? image

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    tariq.ahmad over 5 years ago in reply to cstanton

    Going to look into whether these will be made available but don't see anything currently.   Will follow up first thing next week and if there is something more that can be added will do so asap.

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    ankur608 over 5 years ago in reply to picopi

    The beef lies in this Link...

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    Derek (DCtoDaylight) over 5 years ago in reply to picopi

    I failed to provide the beef. Or should I say spaghetti-code. I'll try and provide asap.

     

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