The orig­i­nal design for this cam­era included a built in LCD/pushbutton inter­face and a con­trol knob to change expo­sure slits. The cur­rent project entails con­vert­ing the cam­era to use a remote, hand held con­troller oper­at­ing through a blue­tooth radio inter­face. User com­mands are entered via a touch screen LCD interface.

This view of the inter­face shows the screen lay­out. The areas labeled Expo­sure, 360 Degrees, and 1/60 sec­ond plus the two arrows at the bot­tom of the screen are sen­si­tive to a touch to the screen. The red dots indi­cate that the user has cho­sen to change the camera’s angle of rota­tion. By press­ing either of the arrows, the dis­played angle can be changed. A press to the shut­ter speed but­ton offers sim­i­lar con­trol over the range of shut­ter speeds.
Once the set­tings have been made, the user can touch the Expo­sure but­ton and com­mence expo­sure. Once the expo­sure is under way, the bar graph above the arrows will indi­cate the progress of the cur­rent expo­sure.
Stay tuned for more details as the project moves toward completion.