wraggster
March 14th, 2012, 00:46
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At Hack a Day, we’ve seen dozens of intervalometer builds that open and close a camera shutter remotely. [Luke Skaff] decided to take these builds to the next level byautomating a camera’s focus and shutter (http://lukeskaff.com/?p=199) with a Nintendo DS.
[Luke]‘s build is based on the Open Camera Controller project (http://www.hdrlabs.com/occ/) that puts the power of an intervalometer, sound trigger, sequencer, and HDR bracket shooting into the hands of professional photogaphers. The Open Camera Controller is built to run on a Nintendo DS with an AVR-based card (http://www.hdrlabs.com/occ/hardware.html)attached to the Game Boy Advance cartridge port.
The Open Camera Controller attaches to a camera’s shutter port, but [Luke] stepped things up a little bit by using a USB host controller (http://www.ftdichip.com/Products/ICs/VNC1L.htm) and implementing the picture transfer protocol (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picture_Transfer_Protocol). Now, instead of [Luke]‘s controller telling his camera when to open and close the shutter, the focus of the camera can be adjusted as well. [Luke]‘s build uses an Xilinx CoolRunner-II CPLD and a USB host controller (http://www.ftdichip.com/Products/ICs/VNC1L.htm) to convert the DS cartridge port to a USB port every DSLR can connect to.
[Luke] still has a mess of wires on his hand, but even we can see the power that inexpensive automation would bring to the world of digital photography.
http://hackaday.com/2012/03/13/controlling-a-dslr-with-a-nintendo-ds/
At Hack a Day, we’ve seen dozens of intervalometer builds that open and close a camera shutter remotely. [Luke Skaff] decided to take these builds to the next level byautomating a camera’s focus and shutter (http://lukeskaff.com/?p=199) with a Nintendo DS.
[Luke]‘s build is based on the Open Camera Controller project (http://www.hdrlabs.com/occ/) that puts the power of an intervalometer, sound trigger, sequencer, and HDR bracket shooting into the hands of professional photogaphers. The Open Camera Controller is built to run on a Nintendo DS with an AVR-based card (http://www.hdrlabs.com/occ/hardware.html)attached to the Game Boy Advance cartridge port.
The Open Camera Controller attaches to a camera’s shutter port, but [Luke] stepped things up a little bit by using a USB host controller (http://www.ftdichip.com/Products/ICs/VNC1L.htm) and implementing the picture transfer protocol (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picture_Transfer_Protocol). Now, instead of [Luke]‘s controller telling his camera when to open and close the shutter, the focus of the camera can be adjusted as well. [Luke]‘s build uses an Xilinx CoolRunner-II CPLD and a USB host controller (http://www.ftdichip.com/Products/ICs/VNC1L.htm) to convert the DS cartridge port to a USB port every DSLR can connect to.
[Luke] still has a mess of wires on his hand, but even we can see the power that inexpensive automation would bring to the world of digital photography.
http://hackaday.com/2012/03/13/controlling-a-dslr-with-a-nintendo-ds/