Mike Cochrane

An update to my track view camera project. Camera Sync An important part of the system is having all the cameras taking photos at exactly the same time. The GoPro HD cameras have a "Hero Bus" connector in the back, this is used to connect accessories like extra battery, LCD screen, and crucially a 3D Sync cable. After a bit of track tracing and prodding with a multimeter I... > Read more

Skip the story, just give me the code. A while ago I purchased a 128x64 Graphic LCD from MindKits with the intention of connecting it to an Arduino. Recently I got around to connected it up in serial mode as per the example code: LCD Arduino PIN1 = GND PIN2 = 5V RS(CS) = 8; RW(SID)=... > Read more

For ages I've wanted to build a portable "Street view" rig that I can use to image some of the walking/tramping tracks around New Zealand I've ordered 5 GoPro Hero Naked cameras to build a rig similar to the one described on diy-streetview.org/. As an itervalometer I'm using an Arduino... > Read more

I recently replaced my Holux GPSlim236 with a Holux M-1000, so I decided to work out how to connect the 236 to an Arduino. Initially I pulled it apart and found the 7 test points on the left of the board. These turned out to be a serial interface, from top to bottom: ? Ground RTS... > Read more

I have finally got around to building a real website for myself. If you know me, you'll know that I'm not a designer - I'm a developer. I've kept this nice and simple for now. I'm not good at writing content so updates to this site will be intermittent and brief. They will also likely... > Read more

At the end of March I spotted Jeff Rowberg's Keyglove Open Source Hardware (OSHW) project on Engadget an thought "I gotta' make one of them". So when I got a bit of time off work I started. Finding parts I wasn't able to get hold of the Teensy ++ development board in New Zealand so I ordered a... > Read more