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Xerxes Scientific Direct Drive mount prototype #1, Bruce Van Deventer

Xerxes Scientific Direct Drive mount prototype #1

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This is prototype #1 of the new direct drive mount by Xerxes Scientific (my company). This is the successor to the off-axis gear driven mount I built in 2017 for the same Meade 16" SCT. This mount features 200mm Renishaw absolute encoders on both axes, direct servo drive using high performance industrial servo drives also based on CANopen, as in the previous mount design.

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Xerxes Scientific Direct Drive mount prototype #1, Bruce Van Deventer