DuneCam Users Manual
The DuneCam™ system allows remote control and monitoring of a camera system. It is designed for use in aerial photography applications such as Kite Aerial Photography, Pole Aerial Photography, or Balloon Aerial Photography, but the system can be used in other remote camera applications as well.
The system consists of an aerial controller and a ground controller.
The aerial controller is a small circuit board that performs the following functions:
• Control of a servo motor for pan (horizontal) movement. The pan servo can be either a standard R/C aircraft servo or one modified for continuous rotation.
• Control of a servo motor for tilt (vertical) movement
• Control of a camera’s shutter by one of several mechanisms:
o A shutter servo motor that presses down on the shutter button
o IR (infrared) control for cameras controllable by an IR remote
o Hard-wired shutter switch connection
o CHDK “remote” activation for Canon cameras
• Highly reliable 2-way communications with the ground controller via a 2.4 GHz spread spectrum radio
• Video capture from a composite video signal
• Monitoring of the rig battery voltage
• Highly efficient power supply functions to run all the aerial electronics
• Positive confirmation of shutter activation
The ground controller is a handheld device with the following features:
• Sunlight readable color LCD
• A slider control for adjusting tilt
• A knob control for adjusting pan
• Buttons to control shutter, video and other functions
• A flash memory card to configure the operation of the ground controller and the aerial controller
• Ability to change between up to 10 user-programmable system configurations
• Flexible scripting feature for automated sequences of actions
• Built-in rechargeable battery
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