Re: Drive corrector plans

Bratislav Curcic (epabcc@epa.ericsson.se)
Thu, 16 Mar 95 14:59:55 DST

Henry T. Van Gemert writes :

> A friend in my astronomy club is trying to get some plans for a dual-axis
> drive corrector. Does anyone out there have such a beast? Or should I
> advise him to get out his checkbook and buy a ready-made? This is someone
> who has already made up one of the cookbook CCD cameras, so I assume that
> he is fairly electronically competent (I am not, so I'm assuming).
>
> Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Give us more details ! Is it a commercial package (a-ka C8, LX-3, Super Polaris, etc.)? What kind of motors does he use ? Steppers ? Synchronous ? DC ? What voltage ? Wattage ? Degrees per step ? Etc...etc... Sounds complicated ? It only sounds so. Should be quite easy project. Certainly far easier/simpler than a cookbook camera.

Bratislav