Powershot N & Powershot N Facebook® Ready

CHDK is available in an early alpha version for the Powershot N. See the Porting Thread link below.

The Canon Powershot N was released in January 2013

Reviews

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Technical Data

Camera Specifications: Canon USA Powershot N Specifications

• Digic V image processor
• Sensor: 12 million effective pixels, CMOS 1/2.3" (6.17 x 4.55 mm)
• Max image size: 4000 x 2248
• 8x optical zoom lens, 28-224mm (35mm equiv)
• ISO Auto 80, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200, 6400
• Optical Image Stabilization
• 2.8"-inch touch screen LCD, 461,000 pixels
• Storage types microSD/microSDHC/microSDXC

Firmware info

1.00A

For Developers

General Info

• the camera will attemp to autoboot (SD card lock method) when :
  • the microSD card cover is left open AND
  • the microSD card has "BOOTDISK" at the appropriate place in the boot sector for the card format (FAT16 vs FAT32) AND
  • a valid DISKBOOT.BIN file is located in the root of the microSD card file structure.
• the camera will start when USB power is applied to the USB port,  in addition to the normal power switch or playback switch startup.
• when started via the playback button,  the camera will not switch to shooting mode when the shutter button (ring?) is pressed.  Shooting mode can be entered by a second press of the playback button.

LED's

Power LED on:

*(int*)0xc022c30c = ( (*(int*)0xc022c30c) & 0xffffffcf ) | 0x20;

Power LED off:

*(int*)0xc022c30c = (*(int*)0xc022c30c) & 0xffffffcf;

(thanks to srsa_4c for that)

Porting Process & Links

• Powershot N Porting Thread