New product by ZWO??

[AstroGS]

This just popped in my FB feed, it is not 1st of April so, it might be legit 😏

 

A new ASIAIR or something?

 

[Elp]

Looks like a WiFi camera

[Giles_B]

Or wifi VR goggles 😁

[Vroobel]

It's a WiFi-ready combination of 6200MC with ASIAir Plus v2 inside. 😁

[Elp]

Really it's a ZWO Snorkel, so you can go swimming in the perpetual clouds.

[Ouroboros]

It’s a violin with a folding neck. 

[Elp]

Alas, it's not a Snorkel:

 

 

[mareman48]

Interesting, wonder what the price range will be on the Asiair  2600 duo air🤔

[Elp]

It'd be interesting to know it's power draw. Sometimes an air powering everything is too much for the little box.

[Vroobel]

Haha, should I understand that I guessed properly (2600MC, not 6200MC) ?

Edited April 18 by Vroobel

[Ouroboros]

7 minutes ago, Vroobel said:

Haha, should I understand that I guessed properly (2600MC, not 6200MC) ?

Well guessed.  So the “waist” are the vents. 

[Vroobel]

One copy for me, as the winner, please.

It looks like there are 4 USB ports. The Raspberry Pi rather cannot fit there, also it has USB ports in a fixed place. I would say that there is an ASIair mini and a power hub. 

[Vroobel]

Did I guess again? What will I do with two the same cameras? 🤔

 

 

[StevieDvd]

15 hours ago, Vroobel said:

One copy for me, as the winner, please.

It looks like there are 4 USB ports. The Raspberry Pi rather cannot fit there, also it has USB ports in a fixed place. I would say that there is an ASIair mini and a power hub. 

ZWO have parted with using Raspberry Pi boards and have their own using Rockchip processors so can be more flexible on their internals.  Likely to be similar to what's in the ZWO Seestar but with more external ports.

[Vroobel]

Cuiv The Lazy Geek just confirmed: there is the ASIAir mini. 

[StevieDvd]

21 minutes ago, Vroobel said:

Cuiv The Lazy Geek just confirmed: there is the ASIAir mini. 

He assumes it is.  Unless the power ports, usb ports & wifi are on the end of extended cables it's likely a re-configured base board. Though could be the basics of the ASIAir Mini or the SeeStar.

[Vroobel]

Well, I'm not going to buy it as I already have ASIAir Plus v1, 2600MC and 2600MM. I take it as a curio for beginners. Rich beginners... 😉

[Elp]

Just a thought. If it does have full air functionality and ZWO mess up the firmware updates (not uncommon), does the camera become an expensive paperweight? They'd better up their software support game and upload older firmwares for users.

[AstroGS]

Another point that Cuiv made was that the camera does not seem to have an output usb, which - if true - will not allow the owners of this camera to use it with other acquisition software; making it a rather very expensive item.

[Dark Raven]

1 hour ago, AstroGS said:

will not allow the owners of this camera to use it with other acquisition software

It can be externally controlled via ASCOM / Alpaca over WiFi.
 

 

Edited April 23 by Dark Raven

[Elp]

The product is better explained here:

https://youtu.be/g_00i3ECqDk?si=sWdIavpyFiOhN3vw

Also confirmation of ZWO rotator and larger AM mount as well as Seestar newer model work being touched upon.

[Elp]

There was also the 2600MM Duo and a square sensor planetary camera the 676MC announced.