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iAstroDroid is a world first solution for controlling the autoguider, CCD, DSLR, and mount for astrophotography on Android devices. iAstroDroid run on a parallel OS (Chroot) on an Android device. A user can control all devices via a web browser on Android.
Requirements and supported devices.
1. Autoguider: QHY5 or QHY6
2. CCD: QHY8L
3. DSLR: Canon or Nikon DSLR
4. USB serial adapter (FTDI232) for controlling a DSLR camera shutter and a serial shutter cable
http://www.beskeen.com/projects/dslr_serial/dslr_serial.shtml
5. USB serial adapter (FTDI232) for controlling a mount via a serial port
6. Power USB hub: I have used Belkin Ultra Slim Hub (4 ports and 7 ports)
7. Android device (rooted, with usb host, and with kernel supporting usb charging and FTDI driver).
Features
- control QHY5 or QHY6 for autoguiding using modified Linguider (developed by Andrew Stepanenko)
- control QHY8L for imaging using modified CCD program (developed by Andrew Stepanenko)
- control a DSLR camera
- perform blind plate-solving using the standalone engine from astrometry.net
- re-align mount based on the position from plate solving
- show skychart (Cartes du Ciel)
- slew to the selected object
- fully control the mount from Skysafari (connect to 127.0.0.1:3300)
- live-view a Canon or Nikon DSLR from DslrDashboard
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