Backyard AllSky Timelapse 2

The software used in the raspberry PI zero in this camera is from here…
www.thomasjacqu...

[@Justfixitmate]

A linear voltage regulator in this application is not really suitable. Since you're dropping 7V (12 - 5V), even if the RasPi is only pulling 0.5A, that poor little regulator is going to dissipate 3.5W, which will push it past it's thermal limit. Although, if you had a sufficient heat sink on it, you could potentially keep it within its limits and use the dissipated heat as the heater element. You could also consider a 9V plugpack which would reduce the power dissipation. The heater element will still work at 9V, but won’t generate as much heat. You could even consider just running a 5V plugpack without a regulator and seeing if the heating element performs sufficiently (will be at ~42% intended capacity). Those DC to DC supplies can generate noise if not sufficiently shielded, so keep it well away from that ribbon cable. I'm trying to work out what camera to invest in - have pretty much all the other components - are you happy with the night sky performance of the HQ camera? is there much light interference where you are? Thanks for sharing.

[@Astro_Shed]

Thanks for the comment, you are correct re the regulator, that’s why I put in the description to watch till the end as there is an update re the regulator….as I did her issues with dropouts. The HQ camera is perfect for my needs and works very well…👍🏻

[@tompestano]

Hi! Can you share equipment and software that you used?

[@Astro_Shed]

Hi, the camera is one I built myself, and I’d from an raspberry PI zero and a 3D printed enclosure, and using the raspberry PI camera, the software i use is free and there is a link now in the description, also check out my website for more info… Thanks