Camera remote control and timelapse

This instructable shows you how to built a remote control for your camera and use it for a timelapse recording.

The software works for different types of cameras: Nikon, Canon, Fuji, Minolta, Olympus, Sony or Pentax. They can all be transformed into timelapse cameras without even opening the housing!

 And the best: it works for a few cent! No Arduinio needed, no need to hack external parts, I don't even need a housing.

Step 1: What you need

To built this device you need:

• some breadboard
• a cheap microcontroller (i.e. attiny85)
• an IR-LED, a normal LED and two resistors
• two pushbuttons
• a battery

optional you can increase the range of the IR-remote control by adding a FET and operating the IR-LEDs at a higher current than what the microcontroller could provide.