{"id":17914,"date":"2017-12-07T20:00:38","date_gmt":"2017-12-07T19:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=17914"},"modified":"2017-12-07T16:12:59","modified_gmt":"2017-12-07T15:12:59","slug":"control-a-telescope-and-other-sensors-using-a-raspberry-pi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=17914","title":{"rendered":"Control a telescope and other sensors using a Raspberry Pi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/astrocat-slide4-thumb.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17915\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/astrocat-slide4-thumb.jpg?resize=560%2C373&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/astrocat-slide4-thumb.jpg?w=962&amp;ssl=1 962w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/astrocat-slide4-thumb.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/astrocat-slide4-thumb.jpg?resize=768%2C511&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/astrocat-slide4-thumb.jpg?resize=560%2C373&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/astrocat-slide4-thumb.jpg?resize=260%2C173&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/astrocat-slide4-thumb.jpg?resize=160%2C106&amp;ssl=1 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gary Preston has developed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mups.co.uk\/project\/software\/astrocat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Astro Ca<\/a>t which:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>is an auto GPIO configuring add-on board for the Raspberry PI 3 which provides additional hardware interfaces to communicate with and control a Meade Autostar, Moonlite focuser and temperature sensors.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Or, to the layman, it helps you to control your telescope and monitor the environment around it. He&#8217;s documented the process he took to develop the add-on board and open-sourced everything so, if you&#8217;d like to, you can reproduce his work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mups.co.uk\/project\/software\/astrocat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Follow his guide here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Most interesting to me is that he&#8217;s documented the process for disabling the Pi&#8217;s Bluetooth functionality to re-activate UART on the default pins. You can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mups.co.uk\/post\/2016\/10\/telescope-serial-control-and-pi-hat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">find out how to do that on this part of his blog guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gary Preston has developed the Astro Cat which: is an auto GPIO configuring add-on board for the Raspberry PI 3 which provides additional hardware interfaces to communicate with and control a Meade Autostar, Moonlite focuser and temperature sensors. 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