My son is looking into possibly making his own 4K VR headset. Those tiny high definition screens are far from cheap though my son mentioned using an FPGA to make his own driver boards and save a considerable amount of money.
As for the headset, I'd already suggested to my son he'll have to design it (I'm way too stupid though I could probably do a jig and press an aluminium unit) and send you the file to have it printed.
That will be some way away though, still looking into the viability of the process.
Actually, the little screens aren't expensive, little high definition sharp units, it's the driver boards which are expensive.
My son is looking into possibly making his own 4K VR headset. Those tiny high definition screens are far from cheap though my son mentioned using an FPGA to make his own driver boards and save a considerable amount of money.
As for the headset, I'd already suggested to my son he'll have to design it (I'm way too stupid though I could probably do a jig and press an aluminium unit) and send you the file to have it printed.
That will be some way away though, still looking into the viability of the process.
Actually, the little screens aren't expensive, little high definition sharp units, it's the driver boards which are expensive.
No problem, always up for a challenge! Once the file is ready send it on through and will check it.
Here is an adapter I designed myself to fit inside a weatherproof box from Bunnings. In here will be an Intel NUC and a power board for when I image the Sun.
The adapter fits perfectly into the bottom of the box and slides into the raised holes in the box. Two extra risers were printed and slide into the bracket and double sided tape was used to hold the NUC in place.
Here is the field flat I designed and 3D printed myself. Have tested it on my Z61 and it had worked perfectly. No need for mains power or software required. Just put it on the front of the scope, turn it on and capture your flats!
It contains a portable camping light within a custom made housing. The light has 3 different brightness levels and can be charged via a USB cable. The light is a little too bright on the lowest setting so I installed a white acrylic blank. Screws are 100% metal.
The front can be interchanged with different apeture sizes so you can use it on multiple telescopes and use the same body/light. As this was designed for portability in mind, from memory I think the largest apeture I can do is around 90mm but I will need to check the model.
If you are interested in one of these please let me know.
I was going to ask about the white bit but read about the white acrylic blank.
That looks quite good and a lot easier than my tracing board I sit on top of my telescope (A3). The tracing board does work well with a good variation range in brightness but it's only really suitable when the scope is vertical.
If I'm just playing with a camera and lens I just bring it inside and sit it lens side down.
I really need something more like your system me thinks.
Just an updated on my current stock. Can print multi-colour too.
- PLA (White, Glow in the dark Green, Matte Blue, Ash Grey, Scarlet Red and Iron Grey Metallic)
- ASA (Grey)
- PETG (Black, Forest Green, Grey & Translucent Clear)
Happy to purchase a specific colour only if I get enough requests to purchase a spool.
Hi Stefan, is the black still a gloss, or do you have some matt in stock now? Cheers, Pat.
Hi Pat,
Still only have the PETG in black (gloss), have not had any other requests for matte black. Matte black will only be available in PLA.
I need to print a couple of things this weekend using PETG black. What I will do is I will have a play around with the settings to see if I can make it print less glossy. Will get back to you.
