Homebuilt sensor bar

September 27th, 2009

Nothing special, but I thought I’d document it.

The Gameboy Camera doesn’t seem to have any red filter at all, so even the IR from the LED’s, which is invisible to the naked human eye, shines clearly and even drowns out everything else if you come to close.

Homebuilt sensorbar shot with Gameboy Camera Homebuilt sensorbar shot with Gameboy Camera Homebuilt sensorbar shot with Gameboy Camera - off Homebuilt sensorbar shot with Gameboy Camera - on

My other digital camera probably has a red filter, but apparently it’s not steep enough to filter out all the light in the wavelengths of these diodes.

Homebuilt sensorbar - off Homebuilt sensorbar - on

Homebuilt sensorbar

USB Type A male - Type B female adapterThe sensor bar is powered by USB, but why the female type A USB connector? Well, I happened to only have those at hand, plus I have one of these weird USB type A male to type B female adapters. Which will come in handy for powering this thing.

Gijs’ Gameboy Camera Animation Converter

September 17th, 2009

Gameboy Camera

Gameboy Camera

GB Camera Sav -> GIF animation converter by Gijs Gieskes