XIDAX PixInsight Powerhouse Part 1 of 2!!

Intro It's been eight months since my last blog post or YouTube video. I'd planned to keep adding value-packed content based on Astro and technical stuff, but life and work intervened. It's been a crazy eight months, but I won't bore you with the details. I will just...

ASIAIR ANYWHERE

Intro So this question came up on the ASIAIR Facebook group about controlling your ASIAIR and Telescope equipment from California and all your gear would be in New Mexico. I thought I would tackle it with some information and also a little know-how since I love doing...

ASIAIR PRO + PI 5

Intro So I have officially gutted an ASIAIR PRO and replaced the internal board with a Raspberry Pi 5 with 8GB of RAM and the new Active Cooler. Based on the benchmarks from Core Electronics, the speed we are looking at is almost double from the RPi 4 to the Pi 5!...
XIDAX PixInsight Powerhouse Part 1 of 2!!

XIDAX PixInsight Powerhouse Part 1 of 2!!

Intro It's been eight months since my last blog post or YouTube video. I'd planned to keep adding value-packed content based on Astro and technical stuff, but life and work intervened. It's been a crazy eight months, but I won't bore you with the details. I will just...

ASIAIR ANYWHERE

ASIAIR ANYWHERE

Intro So this question came up on the ASIAIR Facebook group about controlling your ASIAIR and Telescope equipment from California and all your gear would be in New Mexico. I thought I would tackle it with some information and also a little know-how since I love doing...

ASIAIR PRO + PI 5

ASIAIR PRO + PI 5

Intro So I have officially gutted an ASIAIR PRO and replaced the internal board with a Raspberry Pi 5 with 8GB of RAM and the new Active Cooler. Based on the benchmarks from Core Electronics, the speed we are looking at is almost double from the RPi 4 to the Pi 5!...

iOptron HEM27…the final chapter!

iOptron HEM27…the final chapter!

It's been a while since I have posted, I have like four blogs and more YouTube videos in process but work like always, is keeping me super busy and I have not had the time to finish them all yet. So here it is the final chapter. It's been 7 months since purchasing the...

ASIAIR + OpenAstro 2.0 & ASCOM

ASIAIR + OpenAstro 2.0 & ASCOM

Yup, I am back at it again with another installment of the ASIAIR PRO & Plus RPi models supporting ASCOM. The first video I did I was able to get everything to work but it wasn't perfect so I pulled the video. This time I have everything working. Mind you it's not...

Sony A7 IV + ASIAIR

Sony A7 IV + ASIAIR

As an ASIAIR Plus Experience Officer, I feel it's important to give back to the community. It's why I have created so many posts on the ASAIR Pro/Plus Raspberry Pi models. From not only using the software but even developing a custom Kernel and porting over...

iOptron + GL-MT3000 + ASIAIR

iOptron + GL-MT3000 + ASIAIR

So more gear, this time we are upgrading the Wi-Fi for my whole setup so it's way more robust! As you all know the ASIAIR Wi-Fi it just OK, the original ASIAIR, Pro, Plus, Mini and Plus 256 all have decent Wi-Fi but it's nothing to write home about. It's enough to...

ASIAIR PRO + INDIGO + INDI + ASCOM = $

ASIAIR PRO + INDIGO + INDI + ASCOM = $

Time for another tutorial. This time I am using one device to rule them all! We are going to load INDIGO Sky 64bit so we can take advantage of all the RAM on the ASIAIR PRO and be able to use INDIGO, INDI & ASCOM all from the nice small device of the ASIAIR PRO....

Stellarmate 64bit + ASIAIR Plus

Stellarmate 64bit + ASIAIR Plus

*UPDATED: 7/15/2023 - The update is a link to GitHub for the instructions. You can now build the Kernel Local or Cross-Compile very easily all with one download. OK, so it's time for another tutorial. To say I have been busy with my work life and personal life would...