Out for a little over a year, the Particle Boron is a fairly new addition to the world of cellular development boards. He currently has code to expose the two shutter triggers as functions the the Particle Cloud API, as well as a practical example that fires off the camera when specific words are used in a Slack channel. In the GitHub repository, has put up the files for the PCB, the STLs for the 3D printed enclosure, and of course the firmware source code to load onto the Particle board. Since the Boron follows the Adafruit Feather specification, there’s a whole collection of development boards with various connectivity options that this little add-on can be used with. If LTE isn’t your sort of thing though, don’t worry. The resulting board is a fairly simple “shield” for the Particle Boron that let’s trigger up to two cameras remotely over the Internet or locally with Bluetooth.

But since he was looking to mess around with both the LTE-enabled Particle Boron development board and designing his own PCB for professional production, this seemed a good a way to get his feet wet as any. Truth be told he says that he hasn’t quite figured out an application for this project.

Regardless of what you’re answer to that question might be, decided his life would be improved by making his beloved Canon EOS Rebel T6 an honorary member of the Internet of Things.

Don’t you think your trusty DSLR could be improved by an infusion of Wide Area Networking? But what about your camera? No, not the camera in your smartphone that one’s already connected to the Internet and selling your secrets to the highest bidder. For better or for worse, we’re deep into the “Internet of Things”. From cars to refrigerators, it seems as if every new piece of tech is connected to the Internet.

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