A pinhole camera is a simple camera without a lens and with a single small aperture, a pinhole. Effectively a light-proof box with a small hole in one side. Light from a scene passes through this single point and projects an inverted image on the opposite side of the box. And this light proof box may well be a matchbox.

The "360 Matchbox Pinhole Camera" project unites the ancient technique of pinhole photography to studies of new technologies using Arduino.

The idea is to mount a panoramic camera using circularly arranged pinhole cameras. The micro-controller Arduino will serve to control the exposure time of the film in the cameras, as a photometer. Various visual effects can be achieved through different orders of exposure.