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Yeh, it sort of occurred to me that the actual pointing of the telescope is probably not very resource intensive considering it can be done almost as well by a processor that fits in an autostar handbox, IN terms of imaging the initial imaging bandwidth is done internally in my DSLR and then simply transferred as a raw file to my PC, as long as I dont tax it with stacking or image processing and it is easy enough with the NUC unit networked in to simply retrieve all the files and perform all the image processing on my primary desktop. I also like that because many are designed for commercial and industrial applications a number have native serial ports, something almost impossible to find on laptops anymore, negating the need to have multiple serial to USB adapters with the virtual com port headaches and software compatibility issues that brings.
It just occurred to me that if this was possible I could have a fully computer controlled system with only a power cable running to the mount and a monitor cable running from the mount. It grew out of toying with the idea of considering fabricating a "telescope junction box" with a USB hub, power sockets etc to try and reduce cable clutter and it occurred to me the ultimate "junction box" would be simply taking a compact PC and mounting it on the scope mount itself so almost no cables have to run off the pier.
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