Remote NUC

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Am looking to update my aged laptop that runs the software for my astrophotography and am looking at options.

One thing I am considering is using a NUC and running it via a remote desktop.

Am guessing this is a do-able option?

Will be running 4 x USB devices from it (mount via usb>serial convertor, imaging camera, guide camera and memory stick)

Am guessing that NUC's do not have any wireless built in?
 
No issues with it as far as I can tell, depending on which NUC you get make sure it can handle the tasks you want from it.

You might want to use a powered USB hub as I don't think they have 4 usb ports. As for a wireless you can buy a mini PCIe card for not a lot of money from auction sites that work well enough.

Also look at the Gigabyte Brix
 
Cheers for that.

Had not heard of the Gigabyte ones until now.

Processing power wise does not have to be that grunt worthy. The main bit will come from running siftware that works out where the telescope is pointing by doing plate solving (comparisons of images to database). Could get away with 3 USB ports as minimum and then have images saved to network drive.
 
My i5 NUC has an internal slot for the mSATA hdd + internal WiFi card and it icludes the WiFi antenna in the case. It has 4 external USB connectors. It aslo plays nice with WOL and I'm able to wake it remotely with TeamViewer when needed.

I've now housed it in an Akasa Newton X case, superb. 100% passive cooling (no fans) completely silent and no worry about it getting clogged with dust. This case is a bit bigger but also has additional space for a 9.5mm 2.5" HDD. I'm using a 128GB SSD + 2TB internal HDD in the case. Great price on OCUK too.
 
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