Skip to content

Focuser Device

Aaron W Morris edited this page Jun 3, 2024 · 6 revisions

Overview

indi-allsky has the ability to control an electronic focuser mechanism to adjust the focus of all sky cameras.

GPIO Permissions

If you receive a PermissionDenied exception when accessing GPIO pins

https://github.com/aaronwmorris/indi-allsky/wiki/GPIO-Permissions

28BYJ-48 Stepper Motor

This is a common and cheap stepper motor that is commonly distributed with a ULN2003 driver. This configuration only requires 4 GPIO pins (+GND and Power).

The 28BYJ-48 Stepper Motor has multiple variations, but the 1/64 geared is the most common variety. If you have one where the gear ratio is not supported, please open an issue and we can add the version.

https://ben.akrin.com/driving-a-28byj-48-stepper-motor-uln2003-driver-with-a-raspberry-pi/