Work has been progressing on a newer version of the AF Assistant. The next incremental version (v3.2) will be made using surface mount components, and
I’ve decided to use the version 3.x set of identifiers for my AF Assistant as the one battery, line laser based system. Plan is to
First try I did not get eagle to install in a 64bit linux OS. Gave up and installed it on a Win7 VM instead so
Great tutorial series on how to use Eagle CAD. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Part 8
Prototyping boards were never at the top of my priority list when spending money. The cheapest thing I could find would suffice. The most I
UPDATE: Work has indeed started on the (near) IR version of this tool. Details on the AF Assistant IR 1.0 (in early development stages) can
Lots of info on many ways to make PCBs http://techref.massmind.org/techref/construction.htm
Updated version available here. Version 3.1 is complete. It’s done! Version 3.0 of my AF assist tool is complete. Taking a step back, I should
I think I have a schematic I am happy with to drive either an LED or laser module. The 3.3V from the camera comes from
I decided to take apart the AF module from the 550EX flash mainly to see if I could use my own LED in the AF