Photo Booth LED Ring Service version 1.9.3 available!

LED Ringe
LED Rings

I improved the LED Ring Service even further. It now detects controller ports automatically on start-up. Changes in COM port assignment that happen sometimes after Windows updates are recognized, resulting in a stable and continous operation.

In addition, I extended the configuration options to allow free running countdowns to be parameterized by the countdown duration sent by dslrBooth.

Find out more about the LED Ring Service on my project page.

Adapter for the Olympus Varimagni angle finder

Varimagni Adapter E-M1
Angle finder adapters for the E-M1 family.

I got an Olympus Varimagni angle finder (the old OM system one, from the 70ies) to take measurements. I designed an adapter to mount it on the E-M1 family cameras.

Here you see the Olympus Varimagni (left) and the Olympus VA-1 (right), both with E-M1 family adapters.

More about the adapters on my Angle Finder page.

Photo Booth LED Ring Service version 1.9.2 available!

I extended the firmware of the LED Ring Controller Micro and LED Strip Controller Micro. A new function now allows to switch relais delayed. In addition to the immediately efective relais command, a delayed one may be specified. This allows to e.g. turn off effects after a given time without the need of sending a new command.

The LED Ring Service was adapted to support the new functionality.

Find out more about the Photo Booth LED Ring Service on my project page.

Mobile Power for Olympus Cameras!

BLH-1, BLN-1 and BLS-5 Battery-Dummy

Hans Vollmer built an adapter that allows to power a camera from a power bank. The power bank has to implement the Quick Charge 3.0 or 2.0 standard in order to work with this solutuion.

Detailled information about power bank and camera compatibillity can be found on Hans Vollmer’s website and in a blog post by G. Wegner (both sites in German).

PhotoBooth LED Ring Service 1.9.1 available!

LED Rings
LED Rings

I created a new version of the PhotoBooth LED Ring Service.

User-selectable brightness was added for rainbow effects.

The changes require adaptions in the Rainbow web-service calls and the configuration files. Existing configurations need to be copied before the update and applied to the new configuration files afterwards.

Tha latest controller firmware versions are required to use the new effects.

The new version is available for download in the download section of the PhotoBooth page.

PhotoBooth LED Ring Service 1.9.0 available!

LED Rings
LED Rings

I created a new version of the PhotoBooth LED Ring Service.

Support for dslrBooth was improved. Events may now be defined for each Booth Mode (Print, Print & GIF, GIF, Boomerang, Video).

It is now possible to use the LED Ring Service with a Strip Controller only. The LED Ring Controller was mandatory in prior versions but may now be configured empty. The Auto Config option for the LED Ring Controller may now be disabled.

The changes require adaptions in the configuration files. Existing configurations need to be copied before the update and applied to the new configuration files afterwards.

The new version is available for download in the download section of the PhotoBooth page.

Mobile Power for Olympus Cameras

Olympus Battery Adapter with DC-DC step-up Converter
Olympus Battery Adapter with DC-DC step-up Converter

Finally, I found a DC-DC converter that is powerfull enough to drive a camera from a USB powerbank. The powerbank has to provide at least 3A at 5V to satisfy the power consumption of the camera during shutter release.

The converter is small enough to be built into the adapter on request.

Read more about this solution on my battery adapter page.

PhotoBooth LED Ring Service 1.8.0 available!

Relays-Board

A new version of the LED Ring Service is now available. It supports switching of up to 4 electrical relay channels.

This allows to switch mains-voltage devices like fans, fog machines or similar according to Booth Application states.

See the LED Ring Service page for details.

Photobooth LED Ring Service 1.7.6 available!

LED Strip
LED Strip

Again, I updated the LED Strip Controller. It features an additional light effect that allows configuration for wider arrows pointing at the lens. It may be configured as a single arrow, a symmetrical pair of arrows and runing in a bar across the area or filling up teh area with a color.

The new LED Strip light effects are also available as animated graphics on the PhotoBooth LED Ring page.

Updated versions of both the LED Ring Service and the LED Strip Controller firmware are available for download.

PhotoBooth LED Ring Service Version 1.7.5 available!

LED Strip
LED Strip

 

 

 

Again, I updated the LED Strip Controller. It features a new light effect that allows configuration for arrows pointing at the lens. In addition, the LED Strip Controller is now able to drive up to 500 LEDs. Please note, that a really strong power supply is required for that number of LEDs!

The LED Strip light effects are now available as animated graphics on the PhotoBooth LED Ring page.

Updated versions of both the LED Ring Service and the LED Strip Controller firmware are available for download.