Hi Simon,
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Originally Posted by MrB
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thanks.
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Looks like a great little unit, very well thought-out.
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Yes, we put a lot knowledge in this controller. The LittleFoot story is now running for many years and the community around the project is growing and growing.
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I particularly like the heater for the LCD panel! A very nice touch. 
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We put the heater in as with very low temperatures the LCD gets slow. The temperature is measured by a NTC that is connected to the ADC of the MCU. The MCU is triggering the heater depending on the temperature.
We also put a lot features in the controller that we see outside as extra equipment. EPEC is a similar feature as the Meade Telescope Drive Master, the SkyAgent is something like Celestrons SkyScout but useing our huge object database, the Robofocus controller is just that
and so on. I like the idea to just have one small box that includes as much as possible.
At the moment we are trying to get the stand alone autoguider running which uses the build in video controller. I do not know where we end up with this project in the future.
CS
Rajiva