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We were given a toning exercise 'White on White' in our Masters Apprentice classes for photographers. This is just one of the many photos taken by yours truly.
Different lighting, angles, you name it. I tried the lot last night.
What do you do when you cannot locate white eggs anymore?...... you paint them....eggs & crate with undercoat paint!
Of course I could have chosen any white object for this exercise, but I had a hankering to do this.
Now I just hope this is right. If I rightly recollect from the lecture there was not to be any pure black nor pure white.
If you'd like to take a break it's always a good opportunity to browse rebrickable.com and learn from the great designs available there. I'm building now one of my favourites, it has many excellent solutions. Unfortunately that cool rear axle on the picture won't be used, I felt the urge to replace the L motor with something... faster :)
Can you name this MOC and the designer?
And though I had heartburn for the first time in my life last night, couldn't sleep through the night, and woke up sniffling (did my warranty run out?) I'm so happy it's my birthday!
Yay!
Sometimes what was unthinkable yesterday is tomorrow’s reality. So now it is time to consider a roadmap to unmanned vessels of various types.
Sometimes what was unthinkable yesterday is tomorrow’s reality. So now it is time to consider a roadmap to unmanned vessels of various types.
This is the gift I've been dreaming about — a giant universal remote control!
It's made for elderly folks with vision issues, but I just love how bizarrely huge the thing is. Buttons as big as my thumb: UI heaven! :-)
Sometimes what was unthinkable yesterday is tomorrow’s reality. So now it is time to consider a roadmap to unmanned vessels of various types.
Me and my friends having fun on the beach with my camera and the remotecontrol .
from left Linn , Sandra and myself
I wanted to share this picture with you because it´s one of the first with my new remote control! I got my first remote control to my camera this monday, on my birthday! Best birthday present ever! And it feels wonderful to use! =)
2014, you're shaping up pretty great so far.
oh and I made a video of wrapping my scarf, for those who were curious. Snow day fun is right! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ds_eZaLDp4I
I decide to integrate the master controller via the freeduino AVR board. Just now the master was maded via a FPGA DE1 board for test but this board is to big to use into the field. Because the slave software run now perfect on the freeduino board, I will now transfert the master controller also to the AVR software. But on the master controller I need a lot inputs and outputs. Therefore I use the serial option to drive the 2x16 char LCD display and a few leds. As input I read also via de SPI lines all the swithes, rotary encoder and dipswithes from the userinterface frontplate. The remote TX module RFM12B is again connected to the PORTC of the Freeduino board. On the PortB I have now 3 extra TTL flash outputs. So the master can drive also 3 direct flashes. There is also a X-sync input signal from the camera to drive the master controller and to generate the correct signals on the remote wireless RFM12B module. Into the next days/week I will give the results of this unit.
How this works, timings, slave version see:
www.flickr.com/photos/fotoopa_hs/3811149041/in/set-721576...
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Update 2009 Aug 15:
STK600 board is setup for the tests, a breadboard is ready for the LCD display, leds, encoder and RFM12B module. I write now first the LCD display software so that the parameters are show on the display. AVR controller is the Atmega168, 20 pins Dip version. CLK speed = 16Mhz external xtall.
Update 2009 Aug 18:
The hardware is ready on the breadboard together with the STK600 developement board. LCD display connected via the 2 x 74HC595 ICs works and also the leds. Data is diplayed on the LCD. The 3 local flash outputs on this master are also ready. The next days I will continue to put the RFM12B module as transmitter. Thereafter the tests will be done together with the slavemodules.
Update 2009 Aug 31:
The SC-27 TTL cables from Nikon just arrived this morning. A lot of extra other components will furnish tomorrow. Extra LCD displays, registors, connectors,swithes, plugs etc. End this month 10 extra Arduino boards and shields will be furnished. Time to plan how to build all this together. In the meantime I test the software on both sides (Master and Slave).
Update 2009 Sep 02:
Many components just arrived today. Extra LCD displays, connectors, switshes chips etc... I work on the software and most parts are working now. Into the next days I will connect the flashes via the SC-27 cables and test the flashes. 4 flashes on the slave and 3 flashes on the master are supported. The LCD display show the different powersettings, flash types and used channels. Once all this works, I have to build this into a nice box. At the end of this month, 10 extra Arduino boards and shields must be delivered and also 10 extra Atmega328P chips.
On an extra Arduino board I will drive 8 highpower leds just near the flashes to see into the dark. So just wait a few weeks for all this new tools....
Update 2009 Sep 04:
Master software is running now, LCD display show all this values. Powerlevel can be change on every flash but also on a groep flashes. Results stay on the LCD display. Every flash can be enabled or disabled. The groep offset value have now 6 steps. This mean, the steps are added to all the flashes levels into the groep. 2 different groeps are supported, one Master groep (4 flashes) and one Slave groep ( 3 flashes). But the number of flashes into each groep is a parameter into the software code. The number in now limited by the I/O pins on the Atmega168 or Atmega328p. Now the step change is near 0.3 EV. On each channel you can select the type flash connected at the output. So if you have a SB29S ringflash you just need to change the type for the connected channel on the display. All flashes are connected via a small type phone connector 3.5mm stereo on one side. The other side is the SC-27 Nikon connector. I just divide every SC-27 cable in 2 parts. So now I have 6 cable to connect 6 Nikon flashes.
Now I have to build this hole Master into a nice small box. The display works on 5V, the other chips are running on 3.3V. Power will be delivered via a small 9V NIMH battery.
The next task is now to test the previous build Slave unit via the RFM12B modules. Software on both sides are ready for test now.
They've finally done it! Kansas City Southern leads the way in accommodating the "vision deprived" members of our society.
It's an engine without windows for blind train crews.
(You know how railroad featherbedding unions are.)
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This one pulls a digger-dola car to whatever mess needs to be dug up along the right of way.
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the Remote control Maintenance of Way (MOW); ex-UP; #913 is ex-KCS 683(?)
I'm the first to post this one on Flickr with the tag "KCS 913". YAY