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24 May 2021 at 10:59 am
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Dr Paul Leyland
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Now wondering how much extra it would cost to go the whole hog and put a plate solver into the system. A Pi with a 32G SSD would have easily enough power to run it. Use a phone as a display and controller over wifi. Optics are 50mm refractor and web cam on a standard finder bracket, to which the Pi would also be attached. A pity a USB cable would still be needed but a rechargeable battery could presumably be attached to the mount somewhere, even on a Dob.
Major development cost would be writing software.
Hmm. I have a Pi-3 over in La Palma. Might have a play when I return there.