Astronomy charge coupled device (CCD) camera controller with wireless fidelity (WIFI) interface

Abstract

The invention provides an astronomy charge coupled device (CCD) camera controller with a wireless fidelity (WIFI) interface and relates to the technical field of photographic devices. The astronomy CCD camera controller comprises an advanced RISC machines (ARM) processor, a double data rate (DDR) internal memory, a universal serial bus (USB) main machine interface or a USB on-the-go (OTG) interface, a FLASH or secure digital (SD) or transflash (TF) card interface and a WIFI module, the FLASH or SD or TF card interface is used for storing programs, and the DDR internal memory, the USB main machine interface or OTG interface, the FLASH or SD or TF card interface used for storing programs and the WIFI module are connected with the ARM processor. The astronomy CCD camera controller with the WIFI interface has the advantages that the wireless operation is achieved, and the stability of the camera is effectively improved.

Description

Technical field [0001] The invention relates to the technical field of photographic equipment, in particular to an astronomical CCD camera controller with a WIFI interface. Background technique [0002] Existing astrophotography. Need to use a desktop computer or a laptop. Connect to the astronomical CCD camera through a USB cable, install the astronomical CCD camera control software on the computer, and control the CCD camera to view, focus and shoot through the software. This method has many shortcomings in use and user experience, including, there is a USB cable between the astronomical camera and the computer, because the length of the USB cable is generally no more than 5 meters, when the astronomical camera rotates on the equatorial mount, this The thread is easy to cause problems such as entanglement or insufficient distance. When focusing and framing, the user needs to adjust the focal length of the telescope while watching the picture by the computer. The distance is la...

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Problems solved by technology

This method has many shortcomings in use and user experience, including that there is a USB cable between the astronomical camera and the computer. Since the length of the USB cable is generally not more than 5 meters, when the astronomical camera rotates on the equator, the The line is easy to cause entanglement, or the distance is not enough, etc.

When focusing and framing, the user needs to watch the picture by the computer and adjust the focal length of the telescope at the same time. When there are multiple astronomical CCD cameras, one computer needs to connect multiple USB cables, which is more likely to cause winding problems. Controlling multiple astronomical CCD cameras through one computer is more prone to instability and crashes, and it is also prone to occur between different cameras. conflict

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