July 17, 2011

Name the Thing Contest – 180

Alan Parekh July 17, 2011 22

The prize this week is a mini tripod to help you get some great pictures of your next project. This contest will run for one week (July 16 – 22, 2011). Ending time is based on central standard time. To enter, identify the item pictured above. Please do not give the answer in the comments. Send an email to contest @ hackedgadgets.com with “Name the Thing Contest” as the subject,

DIY Hacks

DIY Pentax DSLR IR Interval Timer

Alan Parekh July 17, 2011

JustDIY shows us how he reverse engineered a Pentax DSLR IR remote to make a DIY Pentax DSLR IR Interval Timer. By allowing the microcontroller to send the take picture command this project is now able to command the camera to take time lapse movies like the one after the jump. With a digital storage scope it is simple to capture this type of short waveform and duplicate it in