Back from Japan

By the way - about three weeks ago I came back from a long planned trip to Japan. Great country, nice people, beautiful women, and beautiful cherry blossom. One bad thing - too many gaijins around, but I still enjoyed it.

If someone is interested in some photos here they go: pics.

A few more drops

I have spent most of the day today playing with the drop detector and refining this ultra-sophisticated technology. Below you can see the effects.

Mega High-Tech Computerized Laser Drop-Detector

It's alive! My high-tech drop detector is alive and kickin'!

I have been thinking about making a simple device detecting falling drops (or other objects) and triggering my camera (Canon EOS300D) for some time now, but I never had time to actually do it. Until now.

Short description:

• based on AVR ATTiny2313
• using laser module + phototransistor as detector
• communicating with PC via RS232 to allow fine-tuning of delay between detection and shutter

Here you can see one of the very first photos taken with it. It is low quality, but it was taken in very low light conditions etc. And with hands shaking in excitement :)