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it is actually my first time doing that... but im sure it wont be the last..
at least i enjoy making the boards, i think its part of the fun. i also only soldered on the basics, so its not much of a loss of money...
i cant believe i didnt notice it.. i started from scratch on the second board, and i still didnt get it right...
thanks again!!
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Good..you found the problem!Originally Posted by dragons_fire
You would think it wouldn't be that hard to cut some traces and run a few jumpers to fix the board. It's not optimal, but it should work.
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it may not be too hard to cut some traces and run a couple jumpers.. i like having everything nice and clean.. and like i said, i enjoy making the boards... later on, i will try to post a pic of my 16f88 controlled lightning trigger for my camera. seems to work using a camera flash, hopefully it will work with lightning....
i used a photocell (resistor) connected to an ADC pic on the PIC, and it takes 2 samples, and compares them. if the second one has a greater value, then it triggers the camera. if i use a flash (disposable camera parts) it will take a picture and capture the flash, so it should be fast enough for lightning...
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I'd bet the photocell won't respond fast enough. A camera flash is usually quite a bit slower than lightning.
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well, i have only breadborded it, so i can always change it to a transistor.. http://www.solorb.com/elect/lightning/
i dont think that a flash is slower than lightning. i may miss the initial bolt, but i have gotten a few stikes by just pressing the shutter button when i see the flash...
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Are these your pics, 'cause if they are...
COOL...just plain COOL!
Can you keep triggering the shutter for like 5 seconds (give or take) after the initial hit? Might get some neat shots there too...
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im using a rebel XT, it will take aprox. 3 Pictures a second.
two of those pics were taken out my bedroom window, and the other was on a camping trip. it was on the other side of the lake. usually i take around 500 pictures during a thunderstorm, and i get about 15 "ok" pics of lightning...
this trigger im making, uses one of about 10 16f88s i have laying around, a 9V battery and it all fits inside an altoids container that i made a mount for to fit on the hotshoe of my camera. if it doesnt work for lightning, i will just modify it to fire a flash to use as a slave.
thought i would mention that the wire o nthe left side of those pics, is a wire for my video camera that i had mounted on the roof that i wanted to eventually stream onto the internet.. another one of my projects that never got finished...
Last edited by dragons_fire; - 23rd April 2007 at 06:04.
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