http://www.microchip.com/stellent/idcplg?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&nodeId=2124&param=en022637&page=wwwLowSpeedUSB

Start with the page above. There is a development
board
on the page too. What is your level in programming
and electronics?

John

--- xkrja <kristian.jaksch@gmail.com> wrote:

> 
> Hi all,
> I'm new to this forum and also fairly new to
> microcontrollers but I've
> understood that the PIC controllers are one of the
> most common so thats why
> I'm here.
> 
> What I would like to do is to create some kind of
> interface that let me
> control a digital camera through its USB-port. Not
> all camera functions are
> necessary to control, but for example shutter,
> aperture and zoom and maybe a
> few more. The controlling should be done with some
> kind of simple keyboard.
> So, a schematic idea would look like:
> 
> keyboard -> PIC controller -> USB host -> camera
> 
> I know that there are software for controlling
> cameras from the computer but
> beacuse I will put everything in a Underwater Camera
> housing I'm not able to
> bring the computer.
> 
> Are there suitable PIC-controllers for this kind of
> applications? Are there
> PIC's and USB-hosts already in the same circuit?
> Maybe some kind of kits
> available? Is this a very complicated thing to do?
> 
> Thanks a lot for your help!
> 
> /Kristian
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