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Re: Sony PCM-M10 remote control technical information

Subject: Re: Sony PCM-M10 remote control technical information
From: "Peter Shute" pshute2
Date: Tue Sep 5, 2017 8:32 pm ((PDT))
Straightforward if you know how! I've emailed James Gentles to ask if any o=
f his Sony camera controllers support the M10. It's possible they do, and m=
ore possible that he doesn't know. Either way, I'm hoping he's got somethin=
g interesting to say about it.

Peter Shute

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> From the looks of the discussion you posted the link to, this would be pr=
etty
> straightforward to do on a 3.3V Arduino device. The tougher part, as is a=
lmost
> always the case, would lie in the user interface (buttons, USB, etc.) and
> packaging it in a way that makes it useful and robust in the field.
>
> Years ago I used a generic button pushing robotic finger to trip the shut=
ter on
> a camera for doing kite aerial photography. It amounted to a small servo =
with
> a rubber tip stuck on the servo horn. It worked fine, but the alignment w=
as a
> little finicky. If things got out of whack it would either crush the shut=
ter
> button or waggle around in the air not touching anything. As soon as I co=
uld, I
> switched over to an electronic cable release for my camera. The best one =
I
> ever found was made by a fellow named James Gentles. His cables all use a=
n
> Atmel ATTiny chip to generate the signals. It's the same architecture tha=
t's
> used in the Arduino controllers.
>
> Which, I guess, is a long-winded way of saying it'd be easier to do with =
the
> Arduino than with the servo finger.
>
> Tom
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