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Control Unit for Telescope Mount
Cagaš, Martin ; Bidlo, Michal (referee) ; Vašíček, Zdeněk (advisor)
This thesis examines the basic mechanisms and their implementation in creation of a firmware for control units of telescope mounts. The goal of this thesis is to create an autonomous unit supporting all the necessary functions required for scientific astronomy and astrophotography. The unit is based on the combination of a microcontroller, performing complex computational tasks, and FPGA performing time-critical operations. The unit utilizes its own algorithm for determining the current astronomical coordinates on the celestial sphere. A part of the thesis is a definition of own protocol for communication with a connected PC. The outcome of the thesis is an embedded system offering the basic required functionality for astronomical imaging with the space for implementing additional features. The benefit of the thesis is utilization of an FPGA in a topic usually solved by microcontrollers.
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The design of mechanical section of parallactic mounting
Wertheimer, Pavel ; Návrat, Tomáš (referee) ; Krejsa, Jiří (advisor)
The aim of the bachelor thesis is a constructional design of a simple parallactic mount as a functional prototype with the possibility of later production. The mount is intended for amateur astrophotography using digital reflex camera with telephoto lenses of shorter focal length (up to 200mm). Emphasis is put mainly on the portability of the mount that means low weight and small size. First part of the thesis covers possible constructional concepts and also deals with kinematics of the chosen variant. The second part deals with the problematic points of the mount itself. The outcome of the thesis is the design of the mount and its complete documentation. Owing to this it is possible to start realization of the functional prototype.
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Control Unit for Telescope Mount
Cagaš, Martin ; Bidlo, Michal (referee) ; Vašíček, Zdeněk (advisor)
This thesis examines the basic mechanisms and their implementation in creation of a firmware for control units of telescope mounts. The goal of this thesis is to create an autonomous unit supporting all the necessary functions required for scientific astronomy and astrophotography. The unit is based on the combination of a microcontroller, performing complex computational tasks, and FPGA performing time-critical operations. The unit utilizes its own algorithm for determining the current astronomical coordinates on the celestial sphere. A part of the thesis is a definition of own protocol for communication with a connected PC. The outcome of the thesis is an embedded system offering the basic required functionality for astronomical imaging with the space for implementing additional features. The benefit of the thesis is utilization of an FPGA in a topic usually solved by microcontrollers.
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The design of mechanical section of parallactic mounting
Wertheimer, Pavel ; Návrat, Tomáš (referee) ; Krejsa, Jiří (advisor)
The aim of the bachelor thesis is a constructional design of a simple parallactic mount as a functional prototype with the possibility of later production. The mount is intended for amateur astrophotography using digital reflex camera with telephoto lenses of shorter focal length (up to 200mm). Emphasis is put mainly on the portability of the mount that means low weight and small size. First part of the thesis covers possible constructional concepts and also deals with kinematics of the chosen variant. The second part deals with the problematic points of the mount itself. The outcome of the thesis is the design of the mount and its complete documentation. Owing to this it is possible to start realization of the functional prototype.
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