It is a worm drive system, tractor nut and smooth sector. This home-made telescope is a Newton with 250mm aperture and 1100mm focal length. This series includes three boards that are found inside the mount and Pleiades boards in an external box.
This series is intended to replace the electronic circuits of a MEADE LX200 GPS or RCX400 mount which has stopped working properly. You just have to drill the holes in the right places in a case large enough to hold the boards.īOARDS FOR MOTORIZING A LX200 GPS TELESCOPE The boards in this set are made to simplify mounting since they already contain many elements that you do not need to install. It is recommended to read this document before approaching the other documents on this page. It provides the information necessary to get a good idea of the specifics of this project and what could distinguish it from other telescope motorization projects. This document is a general introduction to the project. To get a good idea of the project, first consult the document "Introduction to the project" then the other documents if necessary. All background documents are in PDF format and there are also various files containing Arduino applications and sample programs. In this site, I tried to put if possible all the necessary documentation so that you can reproduce the project or modify it and apply it to various models of telescopes. Basic knowledge of electronics is required to interpret the diagrams and test and tune the operation of your circuits. You can also get the boards already installed in an enclosure. For electronics, you can use our printed circuit boards already assembled and tested but you will still have to connect cables, connectors, and do a little soldering.
It will be easier if you modify an existing commercial mount. It will be more complex if you build a home made mount from scratch. Mechanical mounting depends on the type of project.
To undertake this project, you will need to assemble mechanical and electronic parts. This system is based on the ARDUINO platform and on a microcontroller chip, named SKYPIKIT, containing a firmware programmed to accomplish all the complex tasks of controlling a telescope mount, which greatly simplifies the design and programming of the Arduino and others components of the system. After testing this project with my own instruments and those of amateur astronomer friends, I developed a telescope motorization and control system that could be reproduced and modified to be used for several situations and several models of telescopes.
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