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Sony DSC-S40 manual

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  • Page 1

    How to ha rdwire the Sony DSC-S40 Digital Cam era Copyright  , P ixControl ler htt p://www .PixController .com , al l rights res erved. This docum ent c overs in detai l how to m odif y the Sony DSC- S40 dig ital cam era for rem ote shutter c ontrol fr om the PixController U niversa l or LE cam er a control board. Pleas e see http ://www.pixc on[...]

  • Page 2

    Remove b atteries and m e dia card Before starti ng your project be sure to r emove th e 2 AA intern al batteries a nd the M edia Car d. Rem ove the 2 AA batt eries and Media Car d Remove t he camera case screw s Rem ove all 3 screws f rom the cam era case. Be sure to place the scr ews in a saf e place while m odif ying the camera. Rem ove screws 1[...]

  • Page 3

    Remove t he case Carefull y remove the b ack of the cam era case f rom the cam era exposing th e in terior electro nics, Fig ure 1. Next, rem ove the f ront of the c am era case, Figure 2. This is a littl e harder to remove , but tak e your tim e and unsna p all of the h inges . The f ront of the cas e will be attac hed with a s mall ribbon c able,[...]

  • Page 4

    Insert the Shutter Assembly Cabl e The next s tep is to ins ert th e S40 Shut ter Assem bly cable into t he shutter c onnector. Locate the sh utter co nnector s hown in F igure 4. Using a sm all pair t o twee zers with sm ooth jaws caref ully rem ove the cabl e from this connector. C arefull y grab the b ase of the ribbon cab le and tak e your tim [...]

  • Page 5

    Figure 6 Attach the g round w ire Next attach th e ground wire, which is a sm all gaug e wire, and in our exam ple we ad ded a black wire. T his wire is sold ered to on e of the UB S hood s older pa ds on the bac k of the camera near the LCD displa y. Figure 7 sho ws the ex act location . The m odification is n ow com plete. You c an drill a small [...]

  • Page 6

    Re-attach c ase and r eplace th e screw s Once you are c om plete wit h this proces s place the cam era case back toge ther and rep lace the camera c ase scr ews. Attaching the Son y S40 to the PixCo ntroller LE Board and Un iversal Board 1. Wiring your S40 camer a to the PixContr oller L E board. Connect the following wires to your LE board: Shutt[...]

  • Page 7

    PixControll er Univ ersal Pho ne Port Completed Modificati on[...]

  • Page 8

    Zoom Len s issue Because of the zoom lens on th e Son y S40 this can be an issue to get a good s eal bet ween the camera lens a nd the cas e as to n ot get f lash bleed durin g night ph otos. Figure 8 sho ws a sim ple so lution to this pr oblem by adding 3 of the Lar ge Flash Mas king W ashers sold on the www. pixcontorll er.com web site under t he[...]