Rigel Systems has announced updates to its usb-nFRAME camera rotator and framer with a complete redesign to offer a thinner and more rigid package. It utilizes a powerful stepper motor under the usb-nFRAME controller’s guidance, ensuring angular accuracy and repeatability to fractions of a degree. Its software is fully ASCOM compliant for rotation control from higher level autofocus software as well as manually from a PC.
It features native M54 (male) threads on both telescope and camera sides. Adapters for M54 to M48, M42, and other threads are available upon request to fit various field flatteners, camera T adapters, T-thread spacers, off-axis guiders, filter wheels, and imagers.
The usb-nFRAME functionality includes:
– Adds just 21mm to the length to an imaging stack
– Robust ASCOM drivers for Windows
– Angle positioning by PC from -10 to +370 degrees
– Go To Angle plus 5 user defined stored positions
– Rigid design avoids flexure as powerful stepper motor ensures angular accuracy and repeatability
– All necessary USB, stepper, and power cables included in the package.
The usb-nFRAME is easy to operate via ASCOM drivers or higher-level apps to automatically adjust a camera field with precision. Interfacing with the computer is extremely simple. Just plug in the USB, 12VDC and stepper cable, let Windows install the drivers, open up the usb-nFRAME ASCOM app to connect and start using the rotator.
You can learn more about the Rigel Systems usb-nFRAME here.
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