Software Downloads

This page lists all software downloads for the Camera Prototypes.

Firmware

The firmware file (.dat) is required by the camera. It combines the software for the USB controller, the FPGA hardware description and the FPGA microblaze code. Use the control tool to load a specific firmware update into the camera. There's a version dependency between the firmware file and the control tool - a certain firmware will require certain control tool software.

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• For a specification of the overlay format, see this page.

Control Tool 1 & 2

Use the control tool to configure the camera.

The re-write of the control tool is still ongoing. The control tool was initially programmed in C# / .NET and accessed the Media Foundation framework via COM interop, but we noticed frame losses at high frame rates and decided to re-implement the tool in C++ / MFC.

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ASCOM driver

The work on the ASCOM driver hasn't started yet.