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Thumbs up Re: pic: Hacked Google Camera #1

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Originally Posted by Rombus
My guess:
it looks like one spike is powering the camera to be within the rules, the second seems to be going into "magic box" Which is probably a circuit that, when powered by the spike, takes pictures.

Am i right?
If you look at the previous Team 698 Teaser from 2006 you can see the "magic box".
You are correct, but it does more than you think. The camera is powered off of a GBA car adapter 12VDC to 4.5VDC (two AAA batteries at 1.5VC each adds to 3VDC, 4.5VDC is unloaded). The GBA adapter runs straight to the 20 AMP breaker. The first spike is for the 'mode' button on the camera. (so we can turn the camera back on if it shuts off) The second spike controls the picture taking function or the shutter.
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