Homebrew Helpful Links

[spectr17]

I thought it might be a good idea to stick a post at the top of the forum with all the links to the homebrew webpages and other links we are all looking for and never can find. Please post your website link or link to any diagrams or pics that may help out. Thanks

Main homebrew webpage.

http://www.jesseshunting.com/homebrew-...cams.html

How to modify the Radio Shack 49-425 Sensor.

http://www.jesseshunting.com/rs-49-425.html

How to modify the Regent MS20 or Mainstay WM2 sensor.

http://www.jesseshunting.com/regent-ms20.html

How to modify the Amertac sensor

http://www.jesseshunting.com/forums/index....61600&st=30

How to modify the Canon Owl Af (round "ON" switch model) camera.

http://www.jesseshunting.com/canon-owl.html

How to modify the Canon Owl PF or BF camera.

http://www.jesseshunting.com/canon-owl-pf.html

How to modify the Canon Owl AF (slide "ON" switch model).

http://www.jesseshunting.com/canon-owl-old.html

How to modify the Lamson Homes HS3100 and HS3110 sensor.

http://www.jesseshunting.com/lamson-hs3100.html

How to modify the Olympis Infinity Jr. date camera.

http://www.jesseshunting.com/infinity.html

How to use a solenoid with your game camera.

http://www.jesseshunting.com/cam-hb-solenoid.html

Notes on other sensors and camera.

http://www.jesseshunting.com/homebrew-...cams.html#notes

Pics of homebrew game cameras.

http://www.jesseshunting.com/homebrew-pics.html

Pics of animals sent to me by homebrew camera makers.

http://www.jesseshunting.com/cam-pics.html

Tips for using and setting up your game camera.

http://www.jesseshunting.com/homebrew-...-cams.html#tips

All Electronics, good for electronic parts and cheap gel cell batteries.

http://www.allelectronics.com/

Radio Shack.

http://www.radioshack.com/

How to solder tutorial.

http://www.aaroncake.net/electronics/solder.htm

Edited to add the Amertac sensor... bat

 

[Tinhorn]

Current Links, as of Jan 25, 2003

Jesse's Trail Cam Pix Site-Pix's of 2-stage Timer Construction + Misc


Two Stage Timer (TLC555's)

TLC555 4 second Timer

MS20 Looking Out Enclosure Hole Mounting

JoeD Wiring Schematic

JoeD Wiring Schematic w/TLC555 Refresh

MS20 Modifications (10K resistor & 5volt reg running Campera Controller

MS20 and Relay Hookup

MS20 and Relay Hookup(3D Pix)

X10 PIR & Interface to Timer

Squeaker Plans

 

[BlackWater]

Simple/Basic HomeMade Cam Instructions:

http://members.tripod.com/firstblackwater/index.htm

 

[BradleyRan]

My Canon Sure Shot Owl PF Date camera just arrived. I almost wasn't going to try and build the homebrew gamecam because I couldn't find a camera. Then, while waiting for a hair cut, there it was... a photography magazine. A few of mail order supply advertisers listed the above camera. I got this one from B&H at

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/

I will probably shoot a roll of film before I warm up the soldering iron now ;-)

 

[Opa]

Some electronics stuff on my website that may be helpfull.... Opa

 

[spectr17]

Here is Gun Docc's webpage on how to apply a 3-D camo to your game camera housing.

http://www.jesseshunting.com/gun-docc-camo.html

This is Brian's tutorial on how to modify the Canon S100 and S110 Elph digital cameras for game camera operation.

http://www.jesseshunting.com/brian-s10...i...igital-mod.html

Please only post helpful links here. If you have questions, please post them on the forum below. This thread is for helpful links only.

 

[hamiltoe]

Etched Circuit Boards:

http://www.fieldpix.com

X10 modification for homebrew trail cam

http://hamiltoe.home.netcom.com/X10_TrailCam.htm

 

[JoeD]

JoeD's Micro-chip Timer for Home Brew Game Cameras

JoeD's Timer Chip for HomeBrew Cameras

huntwithJoe@aol.com

 

[Tinhorn]

List of Parts Houses

Jameco

http://www.jameco.com

Mouser

http://www.mouser.com

Digi-key

http://www.digikey.com

Glolab

http://www.glolab.com

Maxim

http://www.maxim.com

MPJA

http://www.mpja.com

 

[sven]

Here are Jon's MS20 modifications all in one location:

Low Power Mod

Simple Timer Mod

Day/Night Mode Mod

 

[Haymaker]

PixController.com

Professionally built circuit boards for direct control of 35mm and digital cameras, RS232 control of digital cameras, and LANC control of Sony video camcorders. All circuit boards feature on-board PIR and user setable DIP switches. Ships with all necessary cables and a PIR lens for completing your Trail Camera project.

Visual Media Explorer

Image browsing software designed with the Trail Camera user in mind. Uses a Windows Explorer type interface to display photos in thumbnail view. Features include photo enhancement tools, time/date stamp, and image management tools.

How to Modify the Olympus D-370 and D-380

 

[StringShooter]

Calculate Resistor Values from Color Codes

Resistor Calculator

 

[Haymaker]

Here are a few more helpful PDF files I've put together for the guys building digital systems:


How to modify the Olympus D-390 Digital Camera


How to modify the Olympus D-520 Digital Camera


How to add an External Power Plug to the Olympus Digital Cameras

 

[spectr17]

"How to replace a bad factory camera" page

http://www.jesseshunting.com/replace-game-camera.html

Let me know if anyone has any updates or info on other cameras and how to replace them.

Thanks.

 

[chadbug]

SetNameToTime - File Renaming Program

What is SetNameToTime?
The short answer is that SetNameToTime is a program designed to rename digital camera jpg and tiff files. A file renaming program you may think, that is hardly a new concept - so why use this one?

Almost all jpg and tiff files produced by modern digital cameras contain information like the date and time the picture was shot, if a flash was used, the shutter speed, the f-stop and a lot of other information. SetNameToTime can extract this information and use it to rename the file.

The first version of SetNameToTime would use the date and time only to produce a name like 2003-08-11--11-40-00.jpg (year-month-date--hour-minute-second.jpg). The idea was to give each file a unique name and one that would always produce the correct chronological order.

Today SetNameToTime will let you use other data from the file as well. It is up to you to produce the rules for the new file names. You don't even have to use information from the file at all. A name with some text and a counter will do just as well.

SetNameToTime

 

[ONESHOT]

Sony's Camcorder Manuals Online - Just enter the model number.

Sony's Online Manuals

I use this site before bidding on cameras on EBay to make sure the camcorder has both Nightshot and a LANC port.

 

[spectr17]

JHO game cam review section. Please post your review if you own one.

http://www.jesseshunting.com/reviewpost/showcat.php?cat=97

 

[spectr17]

http://www.woodselec.com/

http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=001utR

http://www.sportsshooter.com/news_story.html?id=1098

http://www.rit.edu/~rckpph/faq/25.05.html

 

[spectr17]

Battery info from tireboy.

Notes on the Troubleshooting and Repair of AC Adapters, Power Supplies, and Battery Packs

http://www.repairfaq.org/sam/aapsfaq.htm#adpsbch

 

[RtWill78]

I made (modified) these for the Pixcontroller.com Universal Boards using the RSS-U PIC or the RSS FAST-U PIC chips. The are useful to either laminate and carry with you when checking your cam, or leaving them in the case for easy access when changing your settings. I hope they help. If you need some for some other PIC chips then let me know, I'll try to make them for you too.
God Bless,
Rtwill

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