The HiViz WorkShop
What's New?
September 6, 2010
Who would want half of a PC cord? Well, a DIY high-speed photographer might want to use one to connect the output of a trigger circuit to a flash unit. If you don't have a PC cord or don't want to cut yours in two, we'll sell you half of a PC cord at a third of the price you'd pay for a complete cord at a camera store. We've also added instructions for splicing the cord to your trigger circuit.
August 26, 2010
We get many inquiries about what would be the best kit to buy for particular applications. So we added a Product Guide to help you decide.
We also addressed requests for a way to provide complete electrical isolation between the output of a delay unit and a camera. Our new Optoisolator Output Kit does that.
April 10th, 2010
We added a kit version (unassembled) of the Multi-Trigger. This trigger kit incorporates sound, photogate, and delay unit all on a single breadboard. We also added step-by-step assembly instructions for the kit.
April 1, 2010
We gave HiViz.com a new look but, more importantly, we upgraded some of our products. All of the delay units now include both coarse and fine control of the delay interval as well as an indicator LED to show whether the delay unit is working without having to attach a flash unit. The Schmitt-trigger photogate kits also include an indicator LED so that you can tell if the photogate is aligned and working correctly without having to attach a flash unit. We've also revised our online circuit-building instructions. When you open the instructions page, you'll now see columns for our newest kits (called v10) and our previous kits (<v10). Along with the upgrades come some price increases. We kept our prices on kits the same for the past 5 years, but now we need to make an adjustment for the increases in what we have to pay for parts.
Some earlier changes
We added instructions for connecting linear taper potentiometers to the breadboarded circuits.
We expanded the Components page to include all of the components in our kits.
We added an upgrade kit for the SPG1-DU-BB and SPG2-DU-BB circuits. This kit provides for indicator lights and fine control of the delay. If you have your own components, make your own upgrades using these instructions.
We added two photogate cable kits that provide a way to convert an existing Schmitt-trigger photogate circuit for use with a different style of photogate.
We added illustrated instructions for the Flash-to-PC cable assembly and the photogate cables.
We added a page with Parts for Projects. If you're putting your HiViz circuit in a project box, some of the components on this page will be helpful. Also, we've added an AC adapter so that you can replace your 9-V battery with a continuous power source.
We are also now offering Assembled Kits.
