waerhert

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   by waerhert 1y ago

   Checking the datasheet is essential, they usually show the “must-have” parts around a chip. Beyond that, good habits are adding decoupling caps close to the pins, keeping ground solid, and following the reference layout. I also learned a lo
2. 32.▲
   by waerhert 1y ago

   Sounds like a really interesting potential project. I've been pondering a system that would make amateur observations usable beyond pretty pictures. Single frames captured could be shared in raw form along with metadata (time, coords,
3. 33.▲
   by waerhert 1y ago

   Though very grateful for projects like FreeCAD, I did encounter a fair bit of frustration while designing this. Especially random crashes, which only got worse as the project got more complex. As far as usage goes, it's mostly a matter
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   by waerhert 1y ago

   Stellarium and Kstars (which has EKOS built in) are both very good planetarium software. Both can interface with indiserver, which can talk to many astronomy devices such as mounts, filter wheels, cameras. I use Kstars mainly for controllin
5. 35.▲
   Custom telescope mount using harmonic drives and ESP32(svendewaerhert.com)

   310 points by waerhert 1y ago|115 comments
6. 36.▲
   by waerhert 1y ago

   Very cool! I made something similar 12 years ago. https://github.com/waerhert/ikna/blob/master/screenshot.png