Lightmeter for photography

https://aisler.net/p/MEIOERYY

Why I started with this project?

Sometimes I shoot film and it really takes a lot of extra time to get the phone with an app which will show me the proper exposure. So once I stumbled across an Arduino project on GitHub and decided that I want to do one myself. But more elegant, obviously.

Which PCB Design Tool I use and why?

I am coming from Mechanical Design, so my choice is Fusion 360 for both PCB and enclosure stuff.

What’s my greatest fail with the project?

The first batch of PCBs I ordered was my first order on Aisler at all, so I didn’t really check with the design rules :see_no_evil:

What’s my greatest win in the project?

Continue learning new stuff. Also on my own mistakes :slight_smile:



So this is an ATmega328P based board (basically, re-packed Arduino Nano) with a light sensor and a display. I also managed to find a battery that perfectly fits between the board and display for some portability. Still need to make one more iteration and add a step-up converter for getting stable 5V when powered from the battery. After that, I will publish the repository with code in case someone wants to build one too :slight_smile:

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