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BLE DSLR camera motion sensor and remote control

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DSLR Camera BLE motion sensor and remote control How to create new life for old DSLR camera like Canon EOS 350D.  It can be used as motion sensor activated camera , time lapse image capture , wireless remote image capture  ... EOS350D has on left side middle remote connection plug input for focus and shutter interface. EOS350D can now be controlled trough this simple wired interface from PIR motion sensor box with BLE module wireless interface to Android device. PIR motion sensor box has small solar cell to keep its Li-Ion battery charged. BLE module is JDY-08 with firmware version 3.3844 , MCU is STM8S103 and PIR sensor is HC-SR501. Case and solar cell holder is 3D- printed.   PIR motion sensor box can be controlled with Android application. Box can operate 4 different modes with Android device or without it. Modes can be changed from application: Mode 0:  Android device as wireless PIR motion sensor camera. ...

Digital Oscilloscope Demo

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Low cost digital scope demo What is needed for 200 ksamples/s low cost digital oscilloscope? - STM8S103  8 bit microcontroller board - JDY-08 or HM-10 Bluetooth Low Energy module   BLE module JDY-08 baud rate configured from 115200 to 9600 baud with  AT+BOUD4 and  connect  UART interface to  STM8S103 module D5 , D6 pins. Also connect 3V3 and GND pins.  Pin D3 is analog input and sample square wave signal from pin D4 can be connected to D3 pin.   and flash the STM8S module with  STLINK V2        - Android version higher than 4.4 tablet or phone - Android application:  Files:  STM8S103  workspace: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1AE9GWQkEfnruJqCoOZZ8En2HRbbqVAGk Android application: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1mBzibPZZsOZBEJ6Af1UAY8PY7eq_tf9c

BLE wireless motion sensor for surveillance camera

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BLE wireless surveillance camera with Android smartphone If you own Android smartphone with Bluetooth 4.0 and Android version min. 4.4(KitKat), you can easily change it to surveillance or hunting camera.     Just make PIR sensor ( HC-SR501 ), BLE module ( JDY-08 ) and STM8S103 microcontroller based   wireless movement detector .    This could be done easily without STM8S microcontroller using another BLE module with embedded IDE to develope software to communicate to Android application. Bluetooth Low Energy  wireless motion sensor Low power motion sensor consumes about 0,5 mA  on active BLE connection sleep mode. But it consumes 9 mA in active connection state, when motion is detected. Prototype hardware looks like this: Android applications(2 pcs) I have developed 2 Android   applications one to handle  BLE link to motion sensor and another to handl...

DIY BLE Solar Fridge controller

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  Low Energy Solar Fridge controller DIY My target was to make very cheap and  very low energy  refridgerator controller to 12V solar system. Low energy fridge can be implemented with container type freezer with AC power and inverter (1000W) to be controlled by designed controller. Schematic diagram and PCB  Circuit diagram and printed circuit board was made with KiCad developement tool. Main components of the controller are STM8S103 (module or IC), BLE module JDY-08 and LCD display 16x2 lines. Printed circuit board as KiCad 3D: STM8S103  program was developed with ST Visual Studio Developer and COSMIC STM8 C-compiler . 3D printed case 3D printed cover using PLA filament : Android application Android application developed with Android Studio . Android phone can be used to adjust temperature setting, control inverter and display temperature / battery voltage information. Link ...

BLE Freezer

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Bluetooth Low Energy module JDY-08 used in Low Energy Solar Fridge controller Bluetooth Low Energy module used in STM8S103 8-bit microcontroller based controller to use as Ultra Low Energy 12V Solar  Fridge from AC Freezer.    Modified sine wave inverter 1000W  including remote control interface modular RJ-11 connector.     Energy consumption has been with 60 l  Midea  freezer on 12 V  solar system about 8 Ah/ 24h. Printed Circuit Board is designed with KiCad tool and STM Visual Studio IDE used to STM8S103 firmware developement. BLE module used as wireless link to Android application developed on Android Studio. Graphic User Interface in Android application allows temperature setting, inverter control ,battery voltage show, fridge temperature show and voltage/temperature log graph show. Link to design files:  https://github.com/joukohak/solarfreezer