Product Overview
ECCO2 is the Environmental Computerized COntroller for EAGLE that automates the management of dew heaters during long exposure astrophotography. By adding the ECCO2 module to your EAGLE, it will automatically and continuously monitor the temperature, humidity of the air around your telescope and the temperature of your lenses by calculating the dew point (the temperature below which dew condenses). This way it will vary the heating of dew heaters connected to the appropriate ports avoiding dew to condensate on your optics. This is automatic with an easy to use device. Just connect it to the EAGLE's USB port. For this reason we decided to call it ECCO2. In Italian, it means "There you go"!
The EAGLE has 3 0-12V, adjustable voltage power supply ports where you can connect your dew heaters without the need of an external controller. Using the EAGLE Manager software you can activate these ports and manually adjust the voltage to activate the relative dew heater. ECCO2 instead, thanks to the integration of appropriate temperature and humidity sensors, adds to the EAGLE, dew heater power automatic control: by monitoring in real time the temperature of the optics of your instruments (through the appropriate probes, a maximum of 3 probes are supported), air temperature and humidity (via the sensors included in ECCO2 body). ECCO2 calculates the dew point and then automatically adjusts the power of your dew heaters to prevent any dewing!
ECCO2, environmental computerized controller for
EAGLE - main features:
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Computerized controller to be installed on your telescope
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Plug&Play: just connect to the EAGLE and it works!
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USB Type C port with reversible plug: safe and reliable
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It adds automatic power
control to dew heaters connected to the dew
ports of the EAGLE
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Temperature, humidity and
pressure sensors to automatically calculate dew point
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3x ports for temperature probes
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DARK mode to disable the LED light
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SMART control of temperature probes to automatically detect uncalibrated or
wrongly connected temperature probes
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ASCOM driver to control ECCO2 from external softwares or even standard Windows
10 computers
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It supports compact guide
scopes when used with “Guide scope support for ECCO”
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Weight: 75
gr.
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Plug&Play functionality
We decided to call it ECCO2 not only because it is the “Environmental Computerized COntroller” but also because it is very easy to use (in Italian, ECCO2 means "There you go"). In fact, just connect the temperature sensors (to be fixed near the optics of your telescope) and the USB cable to one of the EAGLE USB ports (ECCO2 is compatible with second generation EAGLE equipped with dew heaters power ports), and press CONNECT button in the EAGLE Manager (it needs EAGLE Manager at least version 2.0). You can see in real time the dew point calculation, the temperature detected by the temperature probes you have installed and the variation of the power supplied by the EAGLE to the dew heaters. ECCO2 does not require external power supply!
Very easy to install on your telescope
ECCO2 can be installed on any finder base like our DX base or Celestron, SkyWatcher or GSO telescopes. It is therefore very easy to connect to your telescope. If you do not have a standard finder base, you can install one of the many optional bases and then connect the ECCO2. We designed ECCO2 as an external module of the EAGLE and not as an integrated instrument because, if it were internal to the EAGLE, its measurements of temperature and humidity of the air would be influenced by the (even if weak) heat created by the EAGLE during use. With an external module, the data recorded by ECCO2 is incredibly precise.
Great PrimaLuceLab design
As with all our products, ECCO2 offers you innovative features in a product characterized by refined design and high quality construction. Made entirely of 6061 T6 aluminum and produced using CNC machines, ECCO2 is completely red anodized to increase the strength and durability of the materials. It can also be used as a finder support by adding the optional "Finder support for ECCO2". You can install your finder or guide scope above ECCO2 instead of using guide rings (this is a perfect solution, for example, for small apochromatic refractors and very portable setups).
