I'm a bit of an electronics novice so I'm hoping someone can answer what is probably a dumb question. I want to wire a Picaxe into an old camcorder to allow it to be remote controlled. Since the camera doesnt have nice things like a LANC port this will have to be done by replacing various switches and pots with PIC controllable equivalents.
For the switches I had been thinking of using reed relays because that way the PIC and the camera circuits would be seperate. Is there a type of transistor that could be used instead? For low voltage signals I'm assuming a switching transistor is all I need? Would a simple transistor switch be enough to isolate the PIC from the camera electronics?
Does anyone have any experience using digital pots with the picaxe and know of one that works well?
For the switches I had been thinking of using reed relays because that way the PIC and the camera circuits would be seperate. Is there a type of transistor that could be used instead? For low voltage signals I'm assuming a switching transistor is all I need? Would a simple transistor switch be enough to isolate the PIC from the camera electronics?
Does anyone have any experience using digital pots with the picaxe and know of one that works well?