This isn't a brand new hack, but it's a great solution for most digital cameras that like to go to sleep on you.[T. Black] put together a nice simple pic circuit to control a cheap aiptek digital camera. It uses a 12C508, a cap and a resistor. The PIC not only activates the shutter, but can wake up the camera from sleep mode. You don't even have to provide a dedicated control channel - it can … [Read more...]