Comments on: Arduino – motion triggered camera

By: Mathias

Mathias — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 09:48:07 +0000

Hi Larry,

Thanks for sharing this.
It is little difficult to see on the picture, but isn’t the 10k resistor short circuited?

regards,
mathias

By: Donald Mohaule

Donald Mohaule — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 15:43:21 +0000

Hi Larry!

Regarding your motion triggered camera, will it be possible to use a video camera to record the motion and save it on any device capable of storing data. e.g. Laptop,memory stick, external hard drive. etc.

By: Electronics mini projects

Electronics mini projects — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 18:44:46 +0000

[...] Arduino based motion triggered camera using a PIR sensor [...]

By: leen

leen — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 02:01:17 +0000

hi, im wondering if you could put the circuit diagram in here? its hard to follow the circuit just by looking at the picture. thank you. very interesting stuff.

By: Bruce Mc Connell

Bruce Mc Connell — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 00:09:57 +0000

Fine presentation and website. I’m hooking my Nikon body to my Meade 125X telescope for timelapse tracking of Jupiter’s moons. Maybe Galilieo was wrong? Still can’t remember how to spell him.

My other problem is to have the ono/datalogger print the time when an “event” occurs from the PIR. Problem is: the PIR fires spontaneously, which has something to do with the electricity in my work shack. When I turn off the halogen and fluorescent lights, it calms down. Here’s what you said above, “Also for the PIR, the one I have I had to solder a few jumper wires into the back of it just so you know.” Did you do this to stop the PIR talking too much? If so, can you tell me where the jumpers go?

By: larry

larry — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 10:34:36 +0000

hi, its not important really what type of IR diode you use, they should all work but the difference will be how strong a signal they can send – some devices also need a specific wavelength but in this case any IR will work.

Should wrk with any Nikon DLSR camera as long as you have an infrared port on it – looks like a small shiny black circle/oval on the front of the camera.

By: kinny

kinny — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 15:12:03 +0000

Hi,
I’m kind of new to this but i have 2 questions: could i use this to trigger a Nikon d60 (or the ir receiver is different) and what ir didode are you using or isn’t imortant?
Thanks.

By: Jason Evanko

Jason Evanko — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 03:04:30 +0000

Hey i have the bigger version of this (http://www.electronickits.com/kit/complete/surv/ck206.htm) and am wondering if you know how to set up this circuit with that board (if possible).

By: larry

larry — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:05:36 +0000

You’ll need a faster trigger than the motion sensor – I would do a laser beam into a LDR and as the object passes through set the camera to fire just after that so you’ll have a better chance of getting the splash.

By: James Campbell

James Campbell — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:51:29 +0000

Very cool stuff. I am going to try to follow the instructable to setup one myself for my photography studio. I want a motion sensor to trigger my D90 to take a shot just as whatever I drop in liquid splashes up.