BT Remote Shooter 1.0: Bluetooth Control cameras for Android

After the completion of Remote Shooter 1.0, the solution for remote control shooting of digital cameras with features Time Lapse and events, we transfer the GUI and its functions on devices using the Android App Inventor.

NEW:

 tested on:
Nikon Coolpix AW100
Nikon D50
Canon Powershot A300
Canon Poweshot S500

The idea stems from the desire to experiment with on Android App Inventor and the practical need to expand the graphic interface of the Remote Shooter 1.0 to make it both easier and faster entry of parameters for Time Lapse or prospective role in the study.
If it is necessary to insert large intervals of time or number of shots, we realized that it could be difficult and perhaps even tedious, use only the up / down on the board.
For those unfamiliar with the project Remote Shooter 1.0, is essentially a sophisticated remote control for remote shooting (but not only) digital camera via USB, in fact, many models of compact and DSLR cameras, Nikon and Canon, for example, are compatible PTP mode with the USB PIC-AP-BOARD (PIC Auto Programming Board) and the firmware RemShoot 1.0 (Remote Shooter).
The ability to remotely activate many functions (first click) on digital cameras, makes it possible to take pictures sometimes impossible or at least difficult to achieve with the traditional method because of human reaction times.
The PTP and applications in photography.
Most digital cameras to provide medium-high level command set PTP for their remote control, or simply to transfer images to a PC.
Using the appropriate commands and properties the photo enthusiast can:
1) remotely the shutter button (shutter),
2) Make an Interval (Time Lapse)
3) Take pictures automatically based on events detected by sensors of light and sound.
Making jerky in the world of high speed photography '(a falling drop of water or other liquid, explosion of balloons etc) or take shots at regular intervals (even hours) while Time Lapse (eg to record the blossoming of a flower or the hatching of an egg) and 'easily achieved by combining this system with appropriate sensors, motion, light or sound.
To check if your camera can be controlled by RemShoot RemShoot BT 1.0 or 1.0 you should run the test compatibility with your application for windows (XP and Seven):
http://goo.gl/2BVMg
Once you extract the download, run the executable and follow the instructions PTPControlCheck.exe.
Interesting feature is that RemShoot BT 1.0 Firmware is upgradeable via a USB stick.

If you are interested in Remote Shooter assembled and tested, with LCD display, you can find it on Ebay Italy (BT Module not included)

examples:

My Portfolio on flickr.com

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MIT - App Inventor is back again

For lovers and geeks of Android, Google had made ​​exactly two years ago App Inventor, a web tool developed on the Java platform, developed by Google Labs division (the one that has worked on experimental applications like Gmail, Maps, Picasa, iGoogle, Google Desktop etc., then for many of us have become everyday tools for business or pleasure).

After leaving of the project by Google, and several months of silence now Open Source App Inventor has become the platform and reopened on the site of MIT http://beta.appinventor.mit.edu


Per gli estimatori e smanettoni di Android, Google aveva realizzato esattamente due anni fa App Inventor, uno strumento web sviluppato su piattaforma Java, realizzato dalla divisione Google Labs (quella che ha lavorato alle applicazioni sperimentali come Gmail, Maps, Picasa, IGoogle, Google Desktop etc, poi diventati per molti di noi strumenti quotidiani di lavoro o di diletto).

Dopo l'abbandono del progetto da parte di Google per diversi mesi il silenzio ora  App Inventor è diventato Open Source e la piattaforma ha riaperto i battenti sul sito del MIT http://beta.appinventor.mit.edu

App Inventor for Android di Google Labs diventerà presto Open Source.

Per gli estimatori e smanettoni di Android, Google aveva realizzato esattamente un anno fa App Inventor, uno strumento web sviluppato su piattaforma Java, realizzato dalla divisione Google Labs (quella che ha lavorato alle applicazioni sperimentali come Gmail, Maps, Picasa, IGoogle, Google Desktop etc, poi diventati per molti di noi strumenti quotidiani di lavoro o di diletto).
Entro la fine dell'anno App Inventor for Android diventerà Open Source.

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Conduit Mobile: creazione di apps per tutti i più popolari sistemi operativi

Nel mondo del mobile e degli smartphone la parola d'ordine è APP, non esiste altro modo più efficace per la promozione di un sito, di una attività o per la divulgazione di informazioni di qualunque genere, che creare un’applicazione per smartphone compatibile con tutti i maggiori sistemi operativi del settore: Android, iPhone, Windows Phone, Nokia etc. Senza essere esperti  programmatori Conduit Mobile rende gratuitamente disponibile una GUI per creare in tre semplici passi app dalla grafica accattivante e con le funzionalita' essenziali per una corretta e sempre efficace navigazione delle informazioni che l'utente desidera promuovere. 
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