The Camera Axe Project

Overview

The Camera Axe is a tool for photographers to trigger cameras or flashes based signals from various sensors. The Camera Axe is useful for catching phenomena that happen too quickly for human reflexes, like photographing a popping balloon or a milk droplet splash. Other uses can be to catch things photographers don't want to wait around for like birds flying to a bird feeder or surveillance of people walking down a hallway. The possibilities are endless. The hardware and software for this project are shared under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Links

• Store that sells Camera Axe

• Flickr Camera Axe Photo Group

• Camera Axe Forum

• Blog about Camera Axe 3.0

• Blog about Projectile Sensor #2

• Blog about Projectile Sensor

• Blog about Valve Sensor

• Blog about Camera Axe 1.0

Camera Axe Documentation

• User Guides

  • Camera Axe 3.0 User Guide

  • Camera Axe 3.0.02 User Guide

  • Camera Axe 3.0.03 User Guide

• Build Guides

  • Camera Axe 3.0.00 Build Guide

• Eagle Files (Hardware Schematics

  • Camera Axe 1.0 Schematics

  • Camera Axe 3.0 Schematics

  • Projectile Sensor Schematics

• Source Code

  • Camera Axe 1.0 Source Code

  • Camera Axe 3.0.00 Source Code

  • Camera Axe 3.0.02 Source Code

  • CameraAxe 3.0.03 Source Code

  • CameraAxe 3.0.04 Source Code

• Labels

  • Camera Axe 1.0 Drill Label and Final Sticker

  • Camera Axe 3.0.00 Label

  • Camera Axe 3.0.02 Label

  • Camera Axe 3.0.03 Label