Desktop Computer replacement
In the normal course of events, when replacing a dead computer, is to buy something a little higher end, and then perform a handmedown upgrade sequence so that instead of…
Supersid update
The SuperSID radio telescope system has had some coding updates. As of yesterday: The supersidpi data logger copies its data every hour to the file server every hour the file…
Mid April 2021
An interim post… weather has been nicer and warmer than average over the last two weeks, but now that has passed and we are back to below average temperatures and…
The Last Pi
The last Pi. We have one last Raspberry Pi Model 1 B available and will be trying to set it up as well. We are short one power supply, so…
Raspberry Pis Rule
Raspberry Pis are Great. Raspberry Pis Rule! Not only do they reduce our electrical/environmental loads, but they are stable as heck. Our weatherpi now has an uptime of 61 days.…
SupersidPi now connected to supersid receiver
Great! The experimental SuperSIDPi was connected to the SuperSID receiver yesterday morning and is now data logging real live data. The data file is being saved to the pi and…
supersid pi project failure 2020Feb Notes
These are the notes we made during another attempt at replacing the windows netbook running supersid v1.2.2 with a raspberry pi project. This would hopefully use less power (up to…
SuperSID Raspberry Pi SUCCESS!
After the last failure of trying to get python data logging code onto a Raspberry Pi 3B and failing with the latest Raspbian Buster OS (20210111), we decided to try…
Home air filter
CBC Marketplace had an interesting segment this week, on home air filters. https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/portable-air-purifier-tests-marketplace-1.5900782 Interesting as well because we had built a DIY air filter a month or two ago: Unlike…
Home Automation
Home Automation has always been a goal… automating, making more convenient, better information and better control. Over the years we have tried many items. The very old X10 power system…
Linux Fedora 33 released
Today was a good day. Linux Fedora 33 came out today. And is the upgrade process ever fast! and stable! in less than 1 hour we have upgraded 4 server…
Observatory Power
Some questions came up locally about power, quality of power and their affect on astronomy equipment. Have you considered a whole house surge protector on your main panel? I think…
Allsky1pi update
We are superduper happy with the allsky1pi camera project. It has better resolution and colour images over the older allsky1 system (2006-2018) running a very old SBIG ST237A camera system.…
Allskypi Camera System Project
The allskypi camera system is pretty much operational, subject to a few additional tweaks in the upcoming days. This is the first report giving background details: allskypiCameraproject20200308v2 Many thanks to…
Allskypi camera sensor temp review
Allskypi is an allsky camera system with a ZWO ASI 120MC camera and wide angle lens protruding out into a 4″ transparent dome, with the remainder of the camera and…