Category: Electronics
Nikon IR remote
http://www.cibomahto.com/?p=249 uses Arduino
Nintendo DS camera controller
Howdy, I’m sending this message because you inquired about a Nintendo camera controller, (probably). I’m sorry I haven’t gotten back to you about the DS camera controller thing, I’ve been inundated with […]
astro steppers
http://www.atmsite.org/contrib/Rowe/dastep/dastep.html
Re: D70 IR — thanks!
Hi Jimbo, Thanks to you for your appreciations! Best regards, Mike. > Hi bigmike, > > I just wanted to let you know that your DIY Nikon D70 IR remote > concept […]
voltmeter
http://www.hanssummers.com/electronics/equipment/voltmeter/index.htm
RE: parallel port protocol for DSLRControl
Jimbo, Yes, the camera control is just like a “relay”. The software just toggles the state of the parallel port pin. So you should be able to interface your microcontroller easily. Steve […]
Re: D70 remote timings
http://www.thomasandamy.com/jimbo/D70Ctrl.zip There is an exe in there, if you pass in a config file at the command line, i’ll run that, otherwise the menus let you pretty much do anything you want […]
ATM / Electronics / Gear
D70 IR Intervalometer
This is a great little device of my own invention; it’s a “smart” IR remote control for the Nikon D70. I set it for exposure length, exposure count, and delay between exposures, […]
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Polar Alignment Calculations
Here’s a page that derives Polar Alignment Calculations. (update 5/2020: the original site is gone, so I found the text on Wayback and am inserting it below. This is by the original […]
Gear / Observatory / Telescope
Special Guest Star takes the mount at Hilltop O
The Astro Jedi needed somewhere to store his light sab—- I mean, bucket, and I was only too happy to accommodate him. I have decided that I need to come to a […]
General / Maintenance / Observatory
Dome shutter is motorized again!
I finally decided to bite the bullet and fix the shutter motor. Things went sideways last winter, and I’ve been opening the shutter manually (and tying it shut with rope, so we […]
Trixie 2017 – tube mods
I finally got around to cutting the MTA-UTA tubes to length; the only eyepiece that would come to focus with the focuser spacer in place is the Televue 55mm Plossl. If I […]
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