Hello everyone, I'm trying to figure out what is the best configuration for the old CI-700. Currently it uses 1.8 degree uni-polar steppers and a 8:1 gearbox. The planned upgrade is via belt&pulleys a

I had another chance last night to test the newest multi-star (MS) align OnStep routine (version 112b2) with my dob. The goal was to verify whether MS alignment is effective in compensating for mount'

I have seen a couple conversions of 10" & 12" Dobs. 2 that I have seen recently went with 100:1. Is this high a ratio required? If I drop down to 5:18:1, and use something other than SteppersOnline th

Good afternoon I am new at this electronic stuff I got he level shifters to lower the voltage from 5 to 3.3 I am using a HC-05 from the tx from the MKS, to the level shifter, then to the HC-05, My und

Unfortunately, the LV8729 drivers I ordered from Aliexpress are taking a long time to arrive. I have rest of the PCB completed with all the active components plugged in (STM32F303, RTC module, Wifi, C

Hello, I have forked the main branch of OnStep and modified the code (I am more HW guy (my code is not nice but it works :) ) - so I am not brave enough to fork and pull - yet :) ) - despite that here

Hi, I am building a smart hand controller with a prototype pcb. Does the firmware work with a ESP32s (Wroom32) development board. The pin layout is slightly different from the one shown in the wiki. h

I thought you might like to see my Onstep controled home built friction driven fork mount. Onstp version 4.2 with the new ascom driver. STM32 bluepill board with DLV8729 drivers on both axis and DRV88

Hi, I just finished my Onstep Blue Pill PCB (version 1.8) and I'm in the process of flashing Onstep firmware on STM32. I powered on the board and connected my Windows 10 PC to CP2102 using a micro-USB

Hello, here is a first version of my 3D printed enclosure - some tuning is needed, as soon as everything fits nicely together I will release CAD data and stl files. This thread will keep all the updat

Motors spin, but tracking way too fast. I would estimate perhaps as much as 16x-32x based visually on what I see from the stock Losmandy 492 motor movement . Slewing stalls out at 1/2x max. I have ver

Both my OnStep telescopes work brilliantly. I am now building my own observatory. I have now got the 20 x 16 foot pad built. I used 10 cu ft of concrete and it is over 12" thick in places. The concret

Hi All, There are not many CGE mounts converted so far, so I decided to publish what I have done. I used TMC2209 drivers at 16 microsteps, MKS GEN L 1.0 board, 400 steps NEMA 17 motors and 16 to 40 ti

Hi First of all, thank you for the project, it seems really nice! I would like to try this project on my eq3-2. Currently, I have laying around some mega2650, some ramps 1.4, and these drivers: https:

Just encountered this 303 potential source. However, is this a board or simply the processor? https://www.components-store.com/product/STMicroelectronics/STM32F303CCT6.html Gerry -- Copernicus

Hello guys, I am just jumping into the fray and have jumped into the water feet first. I have been reading some of the many earlier posts mentioning "BluePill" etc and see that there have been many sm

Dear Onsteppers for now I am getting a bit frustrated with my Rasberry Bi project. As my main target is guiding I thhougt it would be a good idea to connect Onstep to my Windows 7 Laptop which runs St

Just thought I would post a quick pic of the Horsehead nebula taken on Saturday night. 12x600s subs binned 2x2 with Ha filter. Scope is a Celestron 14” Edge HD @ 3910mm f11. Phd2 guided with lodestar

My 16" Newt is a pain to collimate. I need a ladder to reach the secondary mirror screws. I would like to be able to make on-the-fly colllmation tweaks, with camera installed, from my warm room, like

Dear Onsteppers my Onstep with STM 32 Bluepill and Skywatcher EQ 5 is running well. I control onstep with my mobile, the Android App und Sky Safarie. I now have Raspberry 3B+ with KStars and PHd2 alre