RE: Help with ideas
I'm not sure what problems GrumpyTom has had with pixcontroller and I don't doubt that he has had problems but I know that I haven't had any problems with the four purchases I have made from them.
Yes there are several sites where you can get information about building cams but I have recieved most of my information from Pixcontroller. You can use your favorite search engine and find enough to read about homebrew cameras to last all day.
I currently have three game cameras that use Pixcontroller boards, two that use Hagshouse boards and two that use SnapshotSniper boards and I do not have anything bad to say about any of them.