Woohoo, ordered the development board yesterday and after having a blazing row with the post office because the posty put a note through the door saying sorry you were out when we weren't she returned......
Within 1 minute I had the board attached to the macbook pro and had LEDs flashing on it
Anyway I also received a graphical display and more components today too. Hopefully I will have an INTELLIGENT prototype running in a week or so.
I have sorted out the ports and AT THE MOMENT the full specification will be:
Display
Full graphical 128 x 64 backlit blue display with white writing
Buttons
Power
Override
Focus
Trigger
Ports
2 x 6.35mm mono jack sockets - which will be high OR low voltage flash connectors (you can plug a 6.35mm to PC sync cable OR 6.35mm to 3.5mm cable to a studio flash OR 6.35mm to flash hot shoe adapter OR a radio remote like the RF602/RF603 as an OUTPUT into this)
1 x 3.5 or 2.5mm stereo jack socket - which you can plug a jack to nikon/canon/sony etc remote into (if I use a 2.5mm socket then people can just buy RF603 camera leads)
1 x 25way D socket - this will connect to one of the trigger boxes ie beam break, sound, alarm or user (using 4 pins as an index allows the device to know what trigger is attached automatically)
1 x USB - for firmware updates
1 x DC power socket
1 x 9way D socket - This is for connection to an external keypad to use instead of the remote (for use in bright sunlight etc)
Display is going to be the gorgeous 128 x 64 graphical display
Included:
PSU
Remote control - Allows control of the units functions plus focus and trigger
Sound board - Triggers unit on sounds (can be swapped for alarm or user board)
Beam board - Triggers unit on beam being broken
Camera cable - One camera cable to Nikon, Canon type 1 or 2, Sony etc.....
Options:
Real time clock - Saves having to set the clock when you switch on if you are doing time lapse etc.
External keypad - Recreates the functions of the remote control
User trigger board - Allows people to build their own trigger creations.
Alarm board - Allows people to hook up the box to house alarm sensors for things like pressure pads, PIRs, reed switches etc.
LASER board - For long distance beam breaking
- Will have to check on this one for safety etc
Extra camera cables
Lighting trigger cables
PIRs
Reed switches
Pressure switches
Alarm cable etc
USB cable - only needed to reprogram the unit with new software
Water drop dispensers
Battery operation
Internal RF602 trigger as an INPUT (channel selectable via menu system and powered from main box)
Internal RF603 trigger as an INPUT (may be as above but not got one yet to disassemble!)