[kitesurfer1404] put together a nice looking vintage photobooth with WiFi capability. He’s using an arduino to monitor the state of the buttons, LED lighting control, seven segment display AND the DSLR camera. He then uses a Raspberry Pi to control imagine processing and to provide scaling and other effects, which can take up to 20 seconds per image. The Pi runs in WiFi Access Point mode, so anyone with a WiFi capable device can connect to the photo booth and view the images.
We’ve seen some interesting twists on photo booths before. But [kitesurfer1404’s] vintage style makes his stand out all on its own. He designed the graphics with Inkscape and printed them on thick paper. He then soaked the graphics in tea for several hours and dried then for several more days to get that nice rustic look.
Be sure to check out [kitesurfer1404’s] site for full details and an assortment of high resolution images of his project.
Some confusion between vintage and rustic here. Rustic would have the booth like an outhouse, vs. a cheesy dingy midcentury graphic on plywood or MDF. Correct midcentury would usually not have an antique camera identity.
What’s with the “make everything using an arduino *and* a Raspberry Pi” combination these days? A Pi is more than capable of monitoring the buttons themselves.
I keep wondering this myself. One person told me because they were lazy. I don’t get how coding for two separate platforms is lazy.
I believe it’s because interfacing with the outside world is much easier with an Arduino compared to a Pi.
JOB and carbonation of the New World O, are you a good hacker prove your self and be a member of the illuminati society and get all the support you need in life ….
Oh cool the hackaday tip line is invading the comments section
Wow, a whole DSLR just for a photo booth?