AllSky Camera Design

	Allsky Camera on top of garage The Allsky camera is powered by 24 VAC to a sealed box on the tower that holds a 5 VDC converter/regulator and a step-up adjustable voltage regulator to ensure 5.25 VDC. A 110 VAC to 24 VAC doorbell transformer is located near the mains outlet. The tower is constructed of 1.5 inch angle iron and has a leveling stage to ensure the camera is horizontal.
Allsky Camera up close The camera is held in a 3D printed body covered by a glass dome. The glass dome is the type used for clocks or small displays. I used this because it sheds snow better than an acrylic dome with ring and likely stays cleaner. This first effort was printed using PLA and it is clearly unstable at high temperature as the shrinkage is obvious. The result is warping of the sides and some interior computer board mounts no longer working as intended. The top surface of the body is painted flat black to prevent reflections on the dome. The sytem is operating on a Raspberry Pi 3B+ with HQ Raspberry PI camera module mounted on a StarDot Len-2M1 1.55 mm f1.5 MMCS lens.

Allsky Camera on top of garage

The Allsky camera is powered by 24 VAC to a sealed box on the tower that holds a 5 VDC converter/regulator and a step-up adjustable voltage regulator to ensure 5.25 VDC. A 110 VAC to 24 VAC doorbell transformer is located near the mains outlet. The tower is constructed of 1.5 inch angle iron and has a leveling stage to ensure the camera is horizontal.

Allsky Camera up close

The camera is held in a 3D printed body covered by a glass dome. The glass dome is the type used for clocks or small displays. I used this because it sheds snow better than an acrylic dome with ring and likely stays cleaner. This first effort was printed using PLA and it is clearly unstable at high temperature as the shrinkage is obvious. The result is warping of the sides and some interior computer board mounts no longer working as intended. The top surface of the body is painted flat black to prevent reflections on the dome. The sytem is operating on a Raspberry Pi 3B+ with HQ Raspberry PI camera module mounted on a StarDot Len-2M1 1.55 mm f1.5 MMCS lens.