Timelapse Controler
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Kategoriat: [ Askartelu/Arduino ]
The timelapse photography controller I helped a friend build is finally complete. He built the hardware, I wrote the software. The latter is uselessly complicated, but I wanted to have fun with C++ and multiple inheritance, so here it is. The device is controlled by a rotary encoder with an integrated push button and a 2x16 character LCD display. It also has a plug to connect it to the camera (via a 2-channel optocoupler) and is powered with 4 AA batteries.
The UI is composed of 4 screens:
- a status screen, showing how many pictures have been taken so far, as well as the voltage of the batteries
- a start/stop screen
- a screen for setting the number of pictures
- a screen for setting the time interval between the pictures.
Turning the knob moves from one screen to the other, while pressing its button activates the current screen (e.g., starting or stopping, or allowing to change the value of e.g., the time interval).
The last two screens are disabled when the timer is started, and re-enabled when it is stopped. Also, the screen is turned off after a 10s timeout, and switched back on when the button is pressed or the knob is rotated. This allows to reduce the power consumption from abuot 24 mA to 8 mA. This way, a set of 2000 mAh rechargeable batteries should last over 200 hours.
[ Postattu 28. joulukuuta 2011 klo 20.40 | ei kommenttia | kestävä linkki ]
