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PANOPTES User Guide
  • PANOPTES User Guide
  • FAQ
  • Building
    • Getting Started
      • Building Overview
      • Safety Guide
      • Parts Listing
    • Hardware Build
      • Camera Box
        • Camera Setup
        • Electronics
        • Hardware and Assembly
        • 4 Camera Design
      • Control Box
        • Electronics
        • Hardware and Assembly
      • Power and Network
        • Network Setup
        • Host Site (Mains) Power
        • UPS and Battery Backup
        • Power Distribution
      • Mount and Pier
        • Pier
          • Fabrication
          • Assembly
        • Mount
          • Assembly
          • Saddle Plate Rotation
          • Balancing
    • Software
      • Installing OS
      • Installing POCS
        • PANOPTES Unit Install
        • Developer Install
      • Arduino - Power Distribution
  • Deploying
    • Deployment Guide
      • Site Planning
      • Camera Focus
      • Polar Alignment
        • Overview
        • Drift Method
        • Procedure
          • Find Misalignment
          • Fix Misalignment
  • Running
    • Operating Guides
      • Automated Operation
      • Manual Operation
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2023 Project PANOPTES

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  1. Building
  2. Getting Started

Safety Guide

Tips for safely building a PANOPTES unit.

Tool Safety and Tutorials

Listed below are a few links to some tutorials that you may find useful.

  • How to use wire strippers (YouTube search)

  • How to use a multimeter

    • Useful for measuring AC and DC voltages, and also for measuring DC current.

  • How to solder through-hole parts

  • How to splice two wires together

    • This is useful if you are fabricating your own long cable from two shorter cables (e.g. attaching two DC pigtails together).

  • Drill safety tips

  • How to drill and tap a hole for a screw

  • How to use a hole saw

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