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#Arduino flash trigger – update 2

Amar Kulo — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 19:18:24 +0000

So the first prototype board is soldered. All parts are mounted now and everything is working except debug button, I have to find why is that because I couldn’t find any obvious reason.

The soldering was OK with only few places to be fixed because of strong acid mix, but nothing special.

Here are some pictures of the finished trigger.

P.S. This is final and last prototype of the version 1. The next one will be better, without trimpots, with 3-4 keys, lot of menus and few outputs instead of one.

Stay tuned!!

#Arduino flash trigger – update 1

Amar Kulo — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:53:22 +0000

Here are two pictures of the first prototype board for the Arduino flash trigger. Things that I have changed from the last scheme are:

removed triggering 3.5mm female connector, instead I have 3-pin connectors to connect wires on one or two flashes
added 6 pin programming header so that I can program Atmega chip without removing it from the board every time
added 3 pin jumper header for power selection (usb/external)

Here are two pictures of a fresh etched board, not perfect on the corners because of bad mixing of the acid but good enough for the first attempt.

P.S. Updated schema coming soon.

CANON PowerShot and Ixus service manual and part list

Amar Kulo — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 20:21:12 +0000

Last week my kids have broken Ixus 70 that my wife got for hers birthday.

I tried to find service manual to see how am I going to assemble lens but without any success, at least not for free.

So finally when I have founded it and paid for it, I though why not have it here on blog so that everyone that needs it can get it for free.

So here are they, 2 files, service manual and parts list.

Enjoy.