RotorDriver GUI
The rotor is controlled by a raspberry pi 3. It has a Qt application that serves as a driver for the 2 stepper drivers. It has a very simple design and meant to do basic things. This is shown in the figure below.
It has five main sections.
- The first displays the Azimuth and Elevation of the motors in real time. This is purely for information purposes.
- Next is a section that will display the raw data from IMU
- And beside that is the section that creates a server or connects to client via socket connections.
- There is also a section that indicates the type of communication at the moment such as Automatic/Manual.
- The last section displays the information about the satellite that is scheduled to be tracked automatically. It shows the satellite name, NORAD number, Acquisition of Signal (AOS) & Loss of Signal (LOS) time, and directions.
Down below shows how to use the RotatorDriver-GUI.
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