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Heimdall

Heimdall is the central server for the Allsky Bolide Detection Project—a network of Raspberry Pi-based devices designed to capture and analyze night sky videos in hopes of detecting bolides.

Heimdall is one of two core components in the Allsky Bolide Detection Project. The other component is Icarus, a software package deployed on each distributed node. Icarus handles data collection and communicates directly with Heimdall to transmit video footage and receive remote commands. For further information, refer to the Icarus documentation.

Features

Heimdall provides the following core functionality:

  • Web Interface for:
  • Remote node management
  • Viewing collected footage
  • Analyzing collected footage

  • Organizing and managing archived footage

  • Centralized Database for storing captured videos and associated metadata

  • REST API for programmatic access to stored data and system operations