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Home» Hacking & Extending Triggertrap » Triggertrap External Sensors

TTv1 and crossed passive infra-red sensors

Posted on July 31, 2012 by triggertrap in Hacking & Extending Triggertrap, Triggertrap External Sensors 1 Comment

We’ve had a few emails asking about how to make the Triggertrap v1 trigger a camera when there is motion detected in some small area of space that the camera is pointing at. This has a million possible applications, but could be especially useful for wildlife photography, for example: capturing a shy critter or a […]

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Adding an auxiliary sensor: Triggertrap Motion

Posted on March 22, 2012 by triggertrap in Hacking & Extending Triggertrap, Triggertrap External Sensors 32 Comments

If you’ve been reading the blog very very regularly, you’ll have spotted that back in December, I wrote about a Christmas present Noah and Michael (the guys who have been helping me develop and design the Triggertrap v1 and Triggertrap Shield) gave me the Triggertrap Motion. Now, Triggertrap Motion was part Christmas present (It even […]

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Crazy ideas: Sensors you can use to trigger your camera

Posted on December 12, 2011 by triggertrap in Triggertrap External Sensors, Triggertrap Shield for Arduino News, Triggertrap v1 News 8 Comments

As you’ll have spotted in our user guide, there’s an Auxiliary port built into the Triggertrap. That means that you can connect just about anything you could dream of to the Triggertrap. Running low on ideas? Here’s a few to get you started…

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Specifications for the Triggertrap Auxiliary Port

Posted on December 10, 2011 by triggertrap in Triggertrap External Sensors, Triggertrap Shield for Arduino News, Triggertrap v1 News No Comments

So, you’re gleefully awaiting the arrival of your Triggertrap, and you’ve got some cool idea for additional sensors to add to your Triggertrap, and you can’t wait to get hacking? Well, I’ve got some good news for you; We’ve just published the specifications and limitations for the Auxiliary port on the Triggertrap, as part of […]

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Not drunk enough? No picture for you!

Posted on December 7, 2011 by triggertrap in Triggertrap External Sensors, Triggertrap Shield for Arduino News, Triggertrap v1 News 4 Comments

As I was writing up the user guide to the Triggertrap, I was googling around to find out what kind of sensors you could conceivably connect to the Aux port of the device. I came across a sensor I didn’t even realise existed: An Alcohol Gas Sensor. Brilliant. Spectacularly brilliant. Why? Because it gave me […]

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