How to control this IR shutter?

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1

Hi all

i have one of this IR camera shutter switch:
http://www.foxtechfpv.com/zyxgs-risc-infrared-remote-gimbal-shutter-p-1193.html

if i connect it to my radio receiver i can easily shoot photo remotely; it is a normal R/C radio based on 2.4 (Spektrum DX18 DX18 GEN 1 DSMX® Transmitter with AR9020 Receiver: Enhanced Software Edition | Spektrum)

How could i connect it to an arduino Uno to make it work? Ciao and TY

2

Use the Servo library that comes with the IDE. Connect shutter to a PWM pin, 5V and Arduino ground. Send a Servo.writeMicroseconds(2000); to actuate shutter and Servo.writeMicroseconds(1000) to turn it off with a delay in between to allow the camera time to get the photo.

3

1sr of all thank you very much
but no success

created this sketch with a potentiometer to trig the click:

#include <Servo.h> 
Servo shutter;  
int potpin = 0; 
int shoot;  
 
void setup() 
{ 
  shutter.attach(9);  
  Serial.begin(9600);  
} 
 
void loop() 
{ 
  shoot = analogRead(potpin); 
  Serial.println(shoot);
  if (shoot>500) {
    shutter.writeMicroseconds(2000);
    delay(2500);
    shutter.writeMicroseconds(1000);
  }
 
  delay(250);    
}

any idea?
Another question: the IR led should emit somehing visible or not at all?

thank you very much again

4

memo to myself:
to make canon cameras working with IRs remember to put the camera itself in self timer mode first

thank you groundfungus for your precious suggestion

5

IR is not visible to the eye, but is visible to the camera in a cell phone.