ARDUINO CAMERA ADAFRUIT SERIES

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ARDUINO CAMERA ADAFRUIT SERIES

When the beam is broken the Arduino runs through a series of high and low on digital 12 (with varying delay to account for the auto focus feature of the camera). The photoresistor is being measured by Analog 0. The laser reflects off of a mirror onto the photoresistor. The Key is the CHDK firmware that allows the remote shutter trigger. After some firmware hacking and a couple components I was up and running… My Canon Powershot does not allow for remote shutter controll by default, but after a little inernet-vestigation I stumbled on the CHDK (Canon Hack Development Kit). At first I thought it would be no big deal, but it took a little more effort because of the camera I was using. I made one using my Arduino a laser pointer, and my digital camera. One of my current projects is an Arduino powered camera trigger.

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