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ASCOM Digital Setting Circles, Equatorial Mount

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November 4, 2020

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Brackets for mounting rotary encoders to a generic equatorial mount. The encoders are driven by gears mounted to the RA shaft hex nut and the 12mm counterweight shaft. The encoders are clamped to the body of the mount and to the counterweight shaft holder. A 5mm shaft passes through each encoder and the smaller gear is pressed on one end to mate with the larger gear. Each shaft is supported by bearings pressed into the brackets and covers.

I do not know the brand and model of my equatorial mount, but you might be able to remix these brackets and gears to fit your particular mount.

Dave Ek's Digital Setting Circles:
https://eksfiles.net/digital-setting-circles/

DSC ASCOM driver:
https://eksfiles.net/digital-setting-circles/ascom-driver-for-digital-setting-circles/

I use the driver with Cartes du Ciel:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/skychart/

Parts list:

1x USB DSC circuit board kit (from Far Circuits: http://www.farcircuits.net/MODEMS_COMPUTER%20INTER.htm)
2x CUI Devices AMT103-V rotary encoder kits
4x TE/AMP 3-640440-5, 5-position IDC connector for 22AWG, tin
1x FTDI TTL-232R-5V USB UART cable, 5V, 0.100" header
4-conductor 22AWG ribbon cable
4x MF85ZZ ball bearing, flanged, double shielded, 5x8x2.5mm
2x 5mm OD stainless round shaft cut to required length
10x M3x8 screws (8 for encoder covers, 2 for CW shaft hub)
2x M3x20 screws (bracket clamps)
10x M3 nuts

License:

Creative Commons - Attribution - Non-Commercial - Share Alike

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