I bought an arduino kit mega kit for my 11 year old boy to get interested in micro electronics and programming. Unfortunately did not succeed, so the kit left unused....he is now 13. So dad started playing with it about 6m ago.
Several blinking led projects later and I managed to get a little motor controlled from a little joystick! Wow.
Choosing a commercially made motor focus is very difficult imo. There are many, many bewildering options and they are mostly very expensive. Multiply that over several scopes brackets/adapters and my search always reached a dead end without purchase.
I recently discovered this thread. Pretty cool I think. I’ve got it working of sorts with a prototype breadboard circuit and and my larger board (arduino mega) but I’ve ordered the parts on the thread. $50 dollar ascom compliant motor focus is pretty amazing. And as the thread suggests, suitable for arduino novices.
I though I would share it.
https://www.cloudynights.com/topic/5...us-controller/
Cheers
H