iPhone Camera Remote

As a an avid photographer, I carry two things on me constantly - my phone and my camera. Once I discovered there was a way for me to use my iPhone as a camera remote with the DSLRbot app, I knew I could easily build my own remote trigger for my DSLR with Radio Shack parts.

Step 1: Materials

Comments

[painfull]

Thanks so much for this fantastic Instructable! So basic and yet very effective.

I made some modifications of my own:

Gold plug - for that exclusive look :) (well of course it is, I made it myself)
Shrink wrapped everything inside the plug so I could wrap the LED's in foil, which seemed to give them better direction and range.

[JFARNSWORT]

Thanks for commenting on my berkey filter. I've looked at your work and am totally impressed with the quality of image and text. Wow you and your work are fantastic!!
Jerry

[audreyobscura]

Thank you!

[zorwick]

It is here for Android:
http://www.wegroo.com/photoirmote/diyirmitter/basic_irmitter/

[JTomM129]

Thanks for the 'able! I just got a Sony Nex 5e for astrophotography and this is going to be perfect companion for setting up stacking w/o more cables in the way. Since I have a ton of old orphaned remotes to tear into this will be a nice cost effect way to control the camera.

[ckgarside]

Will these LED's work?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Infrared-LED-940nm-5mm-TSAL7400-6-pack-/180920303909?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a1fb0c125

[jimvandamme]

Those should work fine. Here's a data sheet:
http://www.mouser.com/catalog/specsheets/tsal7400.pdf

If you have an old remote control or two laying around, you can use the LEDs out of those. Use a multimeter (analog, or one with a diode checker) to figure out which lead is which.

[AXracer]

What is the reason for using two leds? Is it to increase the IR?

[jimvandamme]

LEDs are diodes, meaning they only conduct one way. When you hook them back to back you get IR emitted on both positive and negative parts of an AC wave. Most remote controls, though, don't use AC, but just a pulsed DC so they only use one LED. The drivers are cheaper too, just one transistor to the power supply.

[iceng]

Can I use this iPhone app and IR LEDs  to trip the iPad built-in IR port ?

A

[gnach]

oh curse my droid!

[Adrian N.]

Well maybe... Aside the application on iPhone, should work on android too. Instead of this application, the Android version is called DSLR FREE. I didn't try it but should work.
Same principle of working is done on TVs, hacking the service menu, especially on LGs, by connectiong the IR LEDs to a MP3 player and playing a certain sound secquence which powers up the LED into the needed codes.
To the author: nice instructable. Clean and comprehensive. Thanks.

[Adrian N.]

Sorry I made a mistake: the android app is DSLR REMOTE which is Free. Please accept my apologies.

[zorzal]

EXCELLENT tutorial, well documented, neat idea... +5

[rnmerchant]

I think I must have missed something - not knowing much of anything about LED's except to imagine that they are not all the same. Which LED's should one use? Beyond that this is a great idea that I'll make asap!

[lug big lug]

Infared LEDS,

[omalachowski]

This is an awesome project! Kudos!
And you've done a really good job of keeping the instructable clean and easy to follow.
-Olaf

[tjk1939]

Now that's what I call a first class ible. Excellent job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[DNMEBOY]

Mine only used one ir led. I've not had any issues with it either using dslrbot. Using one led makes for a cleaner looking project as well. If I can find a way to post an image of mine I will. It was made completely with things already at home home. I wish I had though to make an instructable :)

[XxsonicxX]

Super helpful! I always would lose a remote but now it's on iphone? Best technology instructable! I like the way you made it out of a head phone jack to make it super portable. 5* right there! :)

[Edgar]

Why weren't there cool girls like that in School, when I was a kid?
Anyhoo, this goes to my Blog, along with the Small Business Assembly Bot:

http://faz-voce-mesmo.blogspot.pt/2012/09/uma-linha-de-montagem-na-garagem.html

[binoyxj]

Neat execution. Should try this out.

[mamalove]

Genius!

[dubstepmaker]

GREAT idea. excellent job :)