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Please have a look at my first results on the QHY5 TEC cooling ! Cooling the QHY5 imager/autoguider (step 2) Best regards !
Lire la suiteHello, I'm still working on the philips cameras support on the new kernels. The pwc driver available with the ubuntu 12.04 LTS is bugged and imcomplete. Our cameras won't work on this release. If you really need to use your webcam, I recommend you to...
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Hello ! I found a very low cost B/W camera for planetary imaging on ebay. Follow this link : link I just received my new toy yesterday. It's Point Grey Research FireFly MV, with an 1/3" CMOS with global shutter, able to reach 30 to 60 frames per second...
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Hello ! I use qastrocam-g2 on my laptop, but also on my netbook. 1024*600 is really tiny. If you want smaller windows for qastrocam-g2, you can use "qt3-config", with the "Polymer" style. Just install these two packages, and choose "Polymer" once qt3-config...
Lire la suiteI found an other interessting FAQ about the Peltier TEC and effect : link Best regards !
Lire la suiteIf you're a bit confused by the Peltier and Seebeck effects, there is a very insteresting FAQ written by Tellurex (a Peltier modules producer) : link If you want to know your stuff's thermal resistance, just go there : link Best regards !
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The QHY5 peltier tec cooling is on the way. I'm waiting for my new module to arrive. I updated my page a bit : Cooling the QHY5 imager/autoguider (step 2) To be continued... Best regards !
Lire la suiteHi ! I'm working a bit on qastrocam-g2. A new beta is available. The qwtplot3d library isn't needed anymore. It compils on ubuntu 12.04 LTS (V4L1 access removed). I'm still working on the Philips cameras support over V4L2. The 4.9 release won't add any...
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Hi ! Sorry, I'm still very busy, so qastrocam-g2 isn't maintained any more. Canonical introduced many changes in the last Ubuntu release, and qastrocam-g2 is getting harder and harder to run on this distribution. If you want to use qastrocam-g2 on the...
Lire la suiteHello folks ! Sure, I'm still alive, but I'm really really busy ! My 16 months old daugther and my just born son eat all my available time ;-) Best regards !
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