Saturday 30 April 2011

A Little Project

The exceptionally fine weather we have enjoyed in April has lasted right to the end of the month. A new month begins tomorrow with no immediate return to a more seasonal climate in sight.

It has seemed a very busy month too. Lots of projects have battled for their share of time, such as my continuing efforts to complete my multi-flash hack, using circuits taken from discarded disposable cameras. My idea is build a group of these ready-made circuits into an array that can be triggered remotely by sound or an interrupted light beam.

UPDATE (20th May):


 Although my ultimate plan is to build a ten-flash array set inside a circular reflector, I have started by setting five circuit boards into a wooden test bed to use as a prototype. at the time of this photograph I had finished the wiring and could fire the flashes using push-button switches.