This last weekend was productive and the major portions of the frame are now complete. After attaching the engine mounting plate to the frame, the next step was assembling the lower frame. The lower frame is similar to the lower ring of the upper frame,...
While I'm still busy with the low power electronics, I'm trying to use the camera to get a feel for the capabilities and limitations... and to figure out how to make it user friendly. So over the last weekend I did two ~5hour drops, both from about...
Hardware Details This digital hour glass simulates falling sand on a 128x64 OLED screen. An ESP32 drives the system, communicating with both the IMU and OLED via I2C. This is excellent as it means hardware construction involves only 4 nets: VCC, GND,...
This camera modified for this project is a Bell & Howell Model 172 magazine-loading 8mm camera manufactured in the 1950s. The film standard is double 8, but it is set in a special magazine. As a magazine-loading 8mm film, super8 was widely used.I have...