I got myself a telescope on Saturday. A 5" Newtonian on a EQ3 mount. I like the size, and I think I could computerize the mount easily enough. Ideally, I'd use an FPGA board (with onboard RAM and an LCD) running some software to trigger pulses in stepper motors connected to the RA and DEC controls. I think the only tricky part would be the memory interface (i.e., exactly what I'm working on now for my detector).
On another note, It's really warm in here and I at some point, my computer at home came out of sleep. This is scary because now it can BSOD at any time. The heat has really been getting to it. I had to open up the side panel to keep it from locking up.
I love you, Summer, but if you break the God Computer I will end you.
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