Dr_Ju_ju

If you buy a 'new' printer at a low price, you may be sorely disappointed, especially if it will be you first printer.

Try to find a second hand machine, from a 'known' manufacturer, e.g. Wanhao\Creality\Tronxy, who create workable machines & with some enhancements can produce excellent results.

I won't ever frequent Jewson again after they tried to charge 3 times the Wickes price, for 75x75 fence post, it wasn't even tanalised. Jewson really only want to deal with tradesmen who can offset the higher prices to their clients.

Wickes isn't always the best quality, but if you have the time to search through the store items, you usually get what your after....

Metcheck.com says rain this evening, so looks like no imaging this evening. So far, its been one of the best summer seasons in years, almost every night I've been able to get something, but now to process it all....

Aren't you having diner in a cold bath, to ease the pain in your nether regions....

I tend to err on the safe side, of more is better just in case, so I've gone for the 4GB variants.

Nope, its still the same. The BIOS is always the initial starting point. There are newer types of Bios, but until the hardware has a basic config that can 'read' a boot device, no computer will do anything. 

As for a simple tool to write the ISO file to a usb, download & install Etcher from resin.io. It's a 3 step process, select image, select drive, flash drive....

Yeah, its the CRC checksum....  You 'should' do it for all large file downloads, and its not just a Linux thing. I have to do it when downloading some Windows server patches\updates etc....

Now, do you have the tools to burn the ISO file to a bootable cd\dvd ?? from which you can then do the install  ?

If so, I stand corrected.....

I know Chris stated that it was a Synscan aka Skywatcher, but the board plainly states that it is for a Celestron, so he may have plugged the wrong controller into the wrong mount ???

It's difficult to make out any markings, but for a capacitor to blow (C55), means it must have had a significant voltage applied across it, which then leads on to what U9 is, regulator\mosfet ?? which ultimately may be the main culprit... 

I've not tried or even closely looked into running MinWin on even Win10 IoT core.

These are very cut down versions of windows targeted at doing specific jobs, but they are rumoured to be able to do most things their big brother can, and will run on non-Intel platforms. Even if it was just able to act as DSLR camera client to the Indi master server, then it may  be worth looking at, but I suspect that it wouldn't work as most of the graphics sub system is missing...

I did say for a try out, not for a full blown running system.....

I use Mint (https://linuxmint.com/) a nice easy distro to get you into Linux, but will do almost everything that we use Windows for 

? well done

Yeah, DSLR's use GPhoto which is a generic driver, which is trying to be all things to all DSLR cameras, not a good solution, unless your camera happens to fit....

The ZWO support, on the other hand, is very good, & when I've had the chance to connect everything together, all has worked flawlessly.

Put the Linux on a bootable USB stick, you can at least try it out & then when finished pull it out & reboot back into windows.....

Something to aim for, well done

Ubuntu Mate on the Rock, but I'm not using a DSLR, but ASI1600MM & 120MM cameras. It's a real frig switching stuff around at the mo when the weather is soooo good & I've got everything setup on my garden pier & working fine (its a Win10\SGPro\PHD2 etc.) 

It's what I'm doing, but then again, I've cleared\removed a compost bin at the end of the garden, leaving just enough space for a small Obsy……

Ohhhh more back breaking work.

Stop thinking, Make a Jug of Pimms, go & relax, you've earned it ...

Go for it, I'd also recommend getting either a 32 or 64 GB eMMC module, or even stretching to the SSD module for booting & keeping the software on, no need for fiddly micro SD cards.

And it runs on 12volts......

Yes it runs everything, including Kstars, which means I only need to Xrdp to the system to control & run, so that I only need to run power & network to the mount....

The picture shows the 64 on the right and its 250GB disk (for picture temp storage) next to it, then a USB3 hub.

I found a neat mounting solution on Thingiverse, where all the items are fitted to individual carriers onto a standard  DIN rail (the rail found in fuse boxes etc.) which I'm finding a lot easier to mount & test before fitting into its final enclosure.

I'm currently building a traveling setup based on a Pine64 ~ Rock64, which has more than enough grunt to run everything under Indi\Kstars...

I also see that they are about to release a newer version which has even more of everything https://www.pine64.org/?page_id=61454, all in a very neat package. Granted its more expensive than a Pi3 but everything, including image control will run on the one board.

Stash, why are you so against people soldering ?? 

You've said you can't solder for toffee, but given a morning, I probably could teach even you to solder...  (I used to train "supposed" wire-people for the BBC).

Good Luck, if you need any help, just shout, especially when it comes time to program the Arduino Nano.