Some time ago I designed the hardware for CCD camera (using TC237, still in active production by Texas Instruments).
Camera has RS232 interface, and it is supplied from 12V...
The first firmware was designed as a driver only for CCD chip (in C, for Silicon Labs F330 processor, later replaced with faster Philips /u controller ), the actual application (that controls the camera) was written for PC in Delphi.
The whole thing was inspired by Audine project, long time ago...
After some initial success (first light on the bench) I abandoned the project due to lack of time and obviously better astrocameras that appeared on the market (Canon..)
Now I am thinking about the new firmware for this camera which would convert it into a guider for EQ6 (or any other LX200-compatible mount), directly coupled via RS232 interface - no PC in between.
I was thinking about conversion of Marti Niemi's Guider software (written in BASIC, and freeware, source code is also available,
http://users.ameritech.net/mniemi000/auto.html) into C, and compiled for this hardware...
Is there anyone out there (with C and embedded apps skills) who would be willing to participate in this project?
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