Fully Portable and Off-Grid Allsky ** Allsky Go **

[Chrise-2000]

Hi - i'm new to the community, though I have run an Allsky set-up for 2-3years.
It has been a great way to make the nightsky accessible to me without the complexity or space requirement of a telescope - and also fueled a new passion!

I'd like to share; that in the last months ; i took interest to enable my Allsky setup to run completely OffGrid without POE running to the house. This was driven for two main reasons:

1. Camping ; portability to go where the skies are far darker than suburbia
2. School/Educational Access; to make the Allsky accessible to my son's school who were fascinated by the aurora last year during the solar storms

The hardware and Allsky software is all standard - but based around a 20.000mah power bank that gives me min 12hrs autonomy (Pi HQ, No Heating)

I created some custom scripts to manage one-button setup and other custom functions with automatic time and gps location.

• RTC Synchronisation from Priority 1)RTC Battery 2)NTP 3)GPS
• Long&Lat setting updates (Day/Night Switch)
• Overlay Update from Humidity Sensor and GPS
• Button Press Scripts for Shutdown, Guest Wifi Access (WPS), Manual GenerateForDay(n-1).

I post all the documentation, instructions and scripts on a github page;
https://github.com/Chrise-2000/Allsky_Go/

Im not a professional coder :) but the system is running reasonably well on my Pi5 after several weeks of debugging.
You just turn it on and leave it out for the night.

For the more experienced users - let me know if worthy to be integrated into the Allsky team repository - or if there is a wider interest to develop additional functionality.

Some pictures below of the final product with 3d printed housing.
ChrisE

[Alex-developer]

Very nice.

There are some extra modules that may save you some time, the gps module for example

Love the case as well

[Chrise-2000]

Thanks! I found pigps today; i'll take a look.

[ranous]

I love that case. That handle is a nice touch as is the rough surface top and bottom which I assume makes it easier to disassemble. Kinda reminds me of my Jetboil camp stove. It must be tight in there with a battery. I'd like to see the internal design.

[Chrise-2000]

Thanks for the comments - i was going for a camping torch/lantern feel - so not far off :)
The texture is just to hide layer lines of 3d printing ; but gives a nice rugged effect too.

To keep it compact, I found a powerbank that matches the size of the Pi & fitted within the footprint of the 3.5" Dome.

See the pdf links with references to the internal layout and wiring.

Assembly Processs
B_Assembly Manual v1.0.pdf

Electrical Schematics
https://github.com/Chrise-2000/Allsky_Go/blob/main/D_Technical%20Drawings%20%26%20Component%20Specifications%20v1.0.pdf

[bryanmaple]

Is the STL available for your 3d design?

[Chrise-2000]

Hi - The 3d models can be downloaded from my printables account;

https://www.printables.com/model/1334022-allsky-go-the-ultimate-portable-allsky-camera

There is also a standard wired solution for zwo and pi hq sensors, and a free basic version.