[Kstars-devel] GSoC project idea for KStars

[Jasem Mutlaq]

Hi all,

Ok I added the project idea to the KDE Wiki here:

http://community.kde.org/GSoC/2012/Ideas#KStars

Regards,
Jasem


On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 4:15 PM, Jasem Mutlaq <mutlaqja at ikarustech.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 3:55 PM, bnc <bnc at netspeed.com.au> wrote:
>> Jasem,
>> As you are aware there are many cameras now(including the fishcamp)
>> that have autoguiding built in.
>> Most of these are controlled by PHD.
>> So I do not think reinventing the wheel is good. By that I mean how
>> much of PHD's function do you want to put in Ekos.
>> However, getting the drivers for all the cameras to work using the
>> PHD-indi interface is the real challenge I think.
>> Brian
>
> The pupose of Ekos is to provide a single tool to provice all the
> necessary fuctions required for astrophotography from one application:
> KStars. The work required for autoguiding in Ekos will most likely be
> based on OpenPHD at any rate. OpenPHD already supports INDI and I
> successfully tested it with real hardware and also in simulation mode.
>
> Regards,
> Jasem



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Best Regards,
Jasem Mutlaq