Good afternoon. A few days ago, I got excited about the idea of building an OpenAstroTracker. I've read through a lot of information on the official resources, but I still have a few questions. I could only find you in the Russian-speaking community. Since you've already built one, could you help clarify a few things for me?
The mechanical part is clear and I have no questions about it (except that the author mentions printing parts with 20% infill—won't the device be too fragile?). However, I have a couple of questions about the electronics: The official website says it's not recommended to use Arduino, but as I understand, you can't connect a gyroscope and GPS to an MKS Gen L. And secondly: how exactly is the rotation axis set? Do you just level the tracker, and then (after calibration) will it accurately track the camera to follow the object? I gathered that the firmware for Arduino already has coordinates for popular shooting points, and you just need to select from the menu, and the tracker will start tracking on its own?
I just want to start ordering components for the build and don't want to buy things I don't need.
"On the official site, they say they don't recommend using Arduino." Where does it say that? The project started with Arduino... Arduino is its native platform =) Go ahead and use Arduino, man.
Polar alignment is done using the camera. I haven't looked into the built-in software. I align using ASIAir. On astronomy.ru, I started a thread where I posted all the links with instructions and such that I found.
Thank you for your reply. Yes, I saw your topic and have already decided to build it using Arduino. Regarding the advice against using Arduino, it's mentioned here: https://wiki.openastrotech.com/en/OpenAstroTracker/Electronics. If you don't mind, I'll ask more questions later, once I've finished printing all the parts and all the components have arrived.
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