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- Fri Jan 27, 2006 1:08 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Telescope Dome Controller
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Re: Telescope Dome Controller
Hi, Thanks all. It's a dome, a slotted dome in fact. It's about 6 feet across and made from wood (heavy). It wouldn't be too similar to a scope controller since all I really want is a way to tell the dome to rotate and in some way be able to tell which direction the scope is pointing. There is, of c...
- Thu Jan 26, 2006 8:05 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Telescope Dome Controller
- Replies: 13
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Telescope Dome Controller
Hi, My school is trying to build a telescope dome controller. Can anyone describe to me the basics of shaft encoders? ie, starting with WHAT is a shaft encoder and how is it used? Barring that, does anyone have any suggestions as to how I might be able to get any kind of, oh, say, TTL level feedback...