Primaluce Lab EAGLE6 XTM - (Extremely...) Advanced Computer for Telescopes and Astrophotography

The EAGLE6 XTM is PrimaLuce Lab's most powerful computer ever for telescopes and astrophotography with blazing-fast i7 processor, Industrial Grade 32 GB fast DDR4 RAM memory, huge Industrial Grade 2TB SSD drive (NVMe) and Thunderbolt 4 connectivity for even higher speed, up to 40 Gbps, for devices like external storage memories. It's the perfect solution even for the most demanding application.

All in a lightweight, compact all-in-one design with PLUS aluminum housing to be installed on your telescope and that comes with all of the advanced features of the EAGLE6 like WiFi 6E wireless connection, GPS sensor with high gain antenna, EYE sensor to monitor sky darkness, DARK mode to disable LED lights, GHOST mode to replace USB cables of PLL devices with wireless connection, Inclinometer and Motion Detector sensors, Lights-out Management and Observatory Actions!

EAGLE6 XTM is the most powerful ever, with the largest storage space.

13th Generation Intel Core i7 processor with larger cache memory (18MB) and Max Turbo Frequency of 5.00 GHz, together with 32GB RAM DDR4 3200 MHz RAM memory make the EAGLE6 XTM the most powerful ever EAGLE, providing you great performances with any Windows software you want to install. This is great also if you want to use complex softwares that require a lot of computing power and/or you want to use many softwares at the same time. EAGLE6 XTM provides the best storage space among the EAGLE line thanks to the huge 2TB SSD NVMe disk that is also very fast this way providing the best performances also when saving or accessing to large files.

EAGLE6 XTM computer for telescopes and astrophotography - main features:

• Windows 11 Enterprise computer lets you install your preferred Windows software and use the devices you want
• NEW 13th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 (TDP 28W) 12-Core processor with 32GB RAM DDR4 3200 MHz and 2TB SSD NVMe disk 
• Industrial grade SSD disk and RAM module to provide the best reliability also in very low temperatures
• 10 port USB hub with 3x high speed USB 3.2, 2x USB 4 type-C ports (Thunderbolt 4) plus 5x USB 2.0 ports (4 of them with remote on/off capability)
• 4 x 12V power out ports with remote ON/OFF control to power your mount, camera and other 12V accessories
• 3x variable 0-12V power out ports for dew heaters
• GPS sensor with high gain antenna to detect elevation, latitude, longitude, date and time
• EYE sensor to monitor sky brightness in a 5° field of view where the telescope is pointed
• Inclinometer to measure elevation of your telescope
• Motion Detector to detect unexpected or unwanted motions of your telescope caused by high winds, sudden flexures or cable snags.
• DARK mode to turn off LED lights
• GHOST mode to replace USB cables of PLL devices with wireless connection
• NEW Observatory Actions with dedicated CTRL IN and CTRL OUT ports that can be used to activate EAGLE feature or to turn on/off any device (such as mounts and/or domes) that accept external switch input.
• NEW Lights-out Management (LOM) to enable remote power on and monitoring of EAGLE sensors and ports with a dedicated Ethernet port, independently of the operating system (even when the computer is powered off)
• NEW Powerful and fast WiFi 6E (802.11ax) that expands connectivity to the 6 GHz band (added to the 2.4 and 5 GHz ones), to reduce radio interference.
• Measurement of power consumption of each device powered through the 12v power OUT ports of the EAGLE
• Power level monitoring provided to 12V power IN port of the EAGLE
• EAGLE Manager X interface to easily control all the EAGLE’s features
• PLUS aluminum case, allowing you to easily attach the EAGLE to any telescope by adding rings, bars or clamps
• Weight: 1.2 kg (2.65 lb)

EAGLE6 XTM with Thunderbolt ports and USB-C connectors: high speed connectivity.

EAGLE6 XTM also adds incredibly fast and powerful Thunderbolt 4 connectivity to the USB-C type ports allowing connections up to 40 Gbps with more connectivity options. Compared to a standard USB port, USB-C/Thunderbolt adds many additional features: 


• Speed: while USB 3.0 is up to 5 Gbps, the Thunderbolt 4 port offers connectivity speeds up to 40 Gbps 

• Connectivity: you can connect many devices like external drives, displays, multi port docking stations, audio devices, etc. It allows you to connect as many as 6 devices, daisy chained, through a single compact port. Since it has a USB-C type connector, the cable is reversible so there is no wrong way to connect it. If you have a standard USB-C device, you can connect it to the Thunderbolt port (in this case the maximum speed will be 10 Gbps).

EAGLE6 XTM: dimensions and weight

EAGLE6 XTM includes all these advanced features in an aluminum, lightweight, compact all-in-one chassis designed to be installed on your telescope in the way you prefer. This way you can connect all the USB and 12V power cables from your devices to the EAGLE greatly improving your cable management. The EAGLE6 XTM weights just 1.25 kg (2.75 lbs). In the picture you can see all the dimensions with positions of M6 and M5 threaded holes to connect rings, bars and clamps.

Performance comparison with a miniPC.

EAGLE not only offers exclusive features for advanced astrophotography, but also all the power of a real computer (superior to a Mini PC) to allow you to use any astrophotography software. In order to test its performance, we used the PCMark benchmark and compared EAGLE6, EAGLE6 S, EAGLE6 PRO and EAGLE6 XTM with one of the many Mini PCs on the market. As you can see in the picture below, EAGLE6 offer 62% more performance than a common Mini PC with Intel Celeron N3160 processor, 4GB of RAM and SSD disk; EAGLE6 S still raises the gap by bringing this difference to 272%; EAGLE6 PRO increases even more to +310% and the faster EAGLE6 XTM boosts everything to an incredible +349%!

EAGLE: a complete family of computers for telescopes.

All EAGLE computers run Windows so you can install your preferred Windows software and use the devices you want, but in order to better suit everyone’s needs, we developed a complete line of EAGLE computers providing different computing power, memory capacity, disk space, advanced features and integrated sensors. This allows you to choose the EAGLE that best fits your application, power requirements and budget. In the table below you will find the specifications of all the EAGLE models with different processors, RAM memories, SSD disks, USB ports, HDMI ports, wireless and wired connectivity, integrated sensors and operative systems.

EAGLE6 XTM computer for telescopes and astrophotography: scope of delivery.

• EAGLE6 XTM computer
• 2 WiFi antennas
• 1x GPS antenna
• 12V power cable with cigarette plug for EAGLE - 250cm
• n.4 M6x6 screws + n.4 M6x8 screws + n.4 M6x10 screws + n.4 M6x12 screws + n.4 M6x18 screws + n.4 M6x25 screws + n.4 M6x35 screws
• Quick guide