Is there any more information on this? I saw a post in another thread that Zwo is working on an allsky camera.
I've been running all sky cams for years and recently built one with a ASI780MC and using Raspberry Pi. My current setup is probably around $500 including the camera. It is far superior to other allsky cameras on the market that cost a LOT more.
Some features I'd like to see on this:
1) Optional glass dome with anti-reflective coating. Acrylic domes wear out over time especially when fully exposed to the weather and sun. Also have to be careful of quality of acrylic domes for high resolution cameras.
2) Optional temperature controlled dome heater to melt ice or remove dew from the dome.
3) Enclosure that dome rests on designed to shed snow
4) Built-in or separate adapter to accept higher DC voltage. In order to get good sky view it is sometimes necessary to place camera long distance away. I currently use a TPS54360 DC-DC converter that accepts 8.5V to 60V DC and outputs 5V up to 3.5A to power a Raspberry Pi. I then use a 48V DC wall adapter that connects to the DC-DC converter over 18 gauge copper wires. Camera is located 150 meters away and use wi-fi for data communications.
5) Assuming this will be run by a Raspberry Pi, would like full shell access to connect to the Pi.
6) Ability to buy the housing without the camera so that you can pick and choose different versions of Zwo cameras. This would be killer feature.
I'm also willing to be a beta tester :)
