JTW P75 Trident Direct Friction Drive Telescope Mount

The JTW P75 is a direct friction drive mount that breaks the traditional rule that a heavy payload needs to break the bank. It's an engineered-for-purpose mount that is meant to be extremely economical, to do one job well and to do it reliably.

The purpose of this mount is to open doors for astronomers and astrophotographers who require an observatory class mount without the significant investment that's usually required. This mount has very high performance and can also be upgraded significantly, it has an open source control system and can be maintained with COTS (commercial-off-the-shelf) components. This is our breakout system, to demonstrate what our products are capable of and to give a preview of what our bespoke systems are capable of.

Engineered for purpose means that you are not paying for performance that you can't use in the real world. Our engineers all have an industrial background, every step of the design process is made with considerations to production, machinery, tooling, material selection and material costs, etc, this is a very efficient way to manufacture a product and results in high performance for a low cost. Our product testers are astronomers who also operate in the real world, user experience is also a large factor in the design of our products.

Additional features -

• Support for industry standard BiSS-C & SSI protocol absolute encoders
• Ability to tune motor currents without reflashing the OnStep firmare
• Ability to tune motor ticks per degree without reflashing the OnStep firmware
• Ability to tune encoder ticks per degree without reflashing the OnStep firmware
• Open loop positioning, absolute encoders used for pointing. Negates the need for home sensors and retains position after power loss