JimG
JimG
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RE: Pi Solar Camera - Astronomy with the Raspberry Pi

Oh, you're talking about using my Sony as the camera that looks through the scope. I thought you meant that I should piggyback the camera (using its ...

2 months ago
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RE: Pi Solar Camera - Astronomy with the Raspberry Pi

Hmm. I will attempt to answer my own question. It seems that with a sensor as small as the one on the HQ camera (6.287mm x 4.712mm), the "crop facto...

2 months ago
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RE: Pi Solar Camera - Astronomy with the Raspberry Pi

I thought about that. The scope does have a mounting block - I assume it is so you can use the optical tube on a different mount. It is exactly oppo...

2 months ago
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RE: Pi Solar Camera - Astronomy with the Raspberry Pi

Here is a question that does come fully back to the topic of Bill's original article: What exactly will the Pi HQ camera be able to see through my ET...

2 months ago
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RE: Pi Solar Camera - Astronomy with the Raspberry Pi

@zander Wow, that is a really helpful post, full of good ideas and information. Thank you. It's the "up to speed" part that is the biggest challenge...

2 months ago
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RE: Pi Solar Camera - Astronomy with the Raspberry Pi

I have three TVs in this house, and the newest of them is about 12-15 years old. Two of them haven't been used in years, and even the one in my livin...

2 months ago
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RE: Pi Solar Camera - Astronomy with the Raspberry Pi

Thank you, that pointed me in the right direction. On my system, it seems to be "video_feed", not "video_stream". When I copy the image URL from the...

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RE: Pi Solar Camera - Astronomy with the Raspberry Pi

I'm not sure of the etiquette here - if I have something to ask/discuss about the solar scope project, do I ask it here in this thread? Or is there a...

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RE: Mecanum wheels can be erratic.

Hey, sorry, I disappeared for a while after this conversation. I did let my grandson play with the little robot, and he liked it a lot. Later I revi...

6 months ago
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RE: Mecanum wheels can be erratic.

Good, thanks. That answers my question - the S3 is a newer version than the ones that I have. So I can use these or spend a few bucks for the newer ...

9 months ago
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RE: Mecanum wheels can be erratic.

Thank you again for your always valuable advice. I think your first sentence provides your top recommendation, and if I want to play with this with m...

9 months ago
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RE: Mecanum wheels can be erratic.

Is the ESP32-S3 the same ESP32 that I see all over Amazon? Has it changed at all over the past few years? I have a couple of ESP32 boards that I bou...

9 months ago
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RE: Mecanum wheels can be erratic.

I didn't get time to really look at your video until this evening, and, yes, it's very responsive. I know nothing at all about web-sockets, but lack ...

9 months ago
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RE: Mecanum wheels can be erratic.

But it's got such pretty flashing red lights, and they make a heart! And, and, and, it's an Arduino! 😀 😆 😀 Even with my limited knowledge, it did...

9 months ago
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RE: Mecanum wheels can be erratic.

@inq Thank you again for helpful and relevant information. I actually have very little experience working with any of those capabilities. I understa...

9 months ago
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