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/Linux/Raspberry Pi Camera


Required plugins for this example: MBS Linux Plugin

You find this example project in your Plugins Download as a Xojo project file within the examples folder: /Linux/Raspberry Pi Camera

This example is the version from Mon, 24th Sep 2017.

Project "Raspberry Pi Camera.xojo_binary_project"
Class App Inherits Application
Const kEditClear = "&Delete"
Const kFileQuit = "&Quit"
Const kFileQuitShortcut = ""
EventHandler Sub Open() #if RBVersion < 2016 then MsgBox "Please build with newer Xojo version!" #elseif TargetX86 then MsgBox "Please build for Linux ARM 32-bit." #else // ok #endif End EventHandler
End Class
Class MainWindow Inherits Window
Control Canvas1 Inherits Canvas
ControlInstance Canvas1 Inherits Canvas
EventHandler Sub Paint(g As Graphics, areas() As REALbasic.Rect) if CurrentPicture <> nil then g.DrawPicture CurrentPicture, 0, 0, g.Width, g.Height, 0, 0, CurrentPicture.Width, CurrentPicture.Height end if End EventHandler
End Control
Control InitButton Inherits PushButton
ControlInstance InitButton Inherits PushButton
EventHandler Sub Action() camera = nil camera = new RaspberryPiCameraMBS // open if not camera.Open then MsgBox "Failed to open camera device." + EndOfLine + EndOfLine + camera.ErrorMessage camera = nil Return end if log "Driver", camera.Driver log "Card", camera.Card log "BusInfo", camera.BusInfo log "Version", camera.Version log "Capabilities", hex(camera.Capabilities) dim AvailableFormats() as RaspberryPiCameraFormatDescriptionMBS = camera.AvailableFormats for each f as RaspberryPiCameraFormatDescriptionMBS in AvailableFormats log "Format "+str(f.Index), f.PixelformatString next dim f as RaspberryPiCameraFormatMBS = camera.CurrentFormat if f <> nil then log "Pixelformat", f.PixelformatString log "Width", str(f.Width) log "Height", str(f.Height) end if if checkJPEG.value then // init for JPEG capture if not camera.SetJPEGSize(Canvas1.Width, Canvas1.Height) then MsgBox "Failed to set jpeg size."+ EndOfLine + EndOfLine + camera.ErrorMessage camera = nil Return end if else // init for RGB picture capture if not camera.SetSize(Canvas1.Width, Canvas1.Height) then MsgBox "Failed to set size."+ EndOfLine + EndOfLine + camera.ErrorMessage camera = nil Return end if end if f = camera.CurrentFormat if f <> nil then log "Pixelformat", f.PixelformatString log "Width", str(f.Width) log "Height", str(f.Height) end if // optionally init buffer 'if not camera.InitBuffer then 'MsgBox "Failed to init buffer."+ EndOfLine + EndOfLine + camera.ErrorMessage 'camera = nil 'Return 'end if mytimer.mode = 2 Capture End EventHandler
End Control
Control List Inherits Listbox
ControlInstance List Inherits Listbox
End Control
Control MyTimer Inherits Timer
ControlInstance MyTimer Inherits Timer
EventHandler Sub Action() Capture End EventHandler
End Control
Control SaveButton Inherits PushButton
ControlInstance SaveButton Inherits PushButton
EventHandler Sub Action() if JPEGData.lenb > 0 then dim f as FolderItem = GetSaveFolderItem(MyFileTypes.Jpeg, "photo.jpg") if f = nil then Return dim b as BinaryStream = BinaryStream.Create(f, true) b.Write JPEGData elseif CurrentPicture <> nil then dim f as FolderItem = GetSaveFolderItem(MyFileTypes.Png, "photo.png") if f = nil then Return CurrentPicture.Save(f, CurrentPicture.SaveAsPNG) else MsgBox "no current picture?" end if End EventHandler
End Control
Control checkJPEG Inherits CheckBox
ControlInstance checkJPEG Inherits CheckBox
End Control
Control DoneButton Inherits PushButton
ControlInstance DoneButton Inherits PushButton
EventHandler Sub Action() MyTimer.Mode = 0 camera = nil End EventHandler
End Control
Sub Capture() if camera <> nil then if camera.Capture then // if we capture to picture CurrentPicture = camera.Picture if CurrentPicture <> nil then log "Got picture", str(CurrentPicture.Width)+" x "+str(CurrentPicture.Height) end if // or if you need JPEGs JPEGData = camera.JPEG if lenb(JPEGData) > 0 then log "Got JPEG", str(lenb(JPEGData))+" bytes" CurrentPicture = Picture.FromData(JPEGData) end if canvas1.Invalidate end if end if End Sub
Sub log(s as string, t as string) List.AddRow s,t List.ScrollPosition = List.ListCount End Sub
Note "Requirements"
You need * a Raspberry Pi computer * to attach the camera module * to enable the video camera * run a command: sudo modprobe bcm2835-v4l2 * now you should see /dev/video0 when doing "ls /dev/v*" command
Property CurrentPicture As Picture
Property JPEGData As string
Property camera As RaspberryPiCameraMBS
End Class
MenuBar MainMenuBar
MenuItem FileMenu = "&File"
MenuItem FileQuit = "#App.kFileQuit"
MenuItem EditMenu = "&Edit"
MenuItem EditUndo = "&Undo"
MenuItem EditSeparator1 = "-"
MenuItem EditCut = "Cu&t"
MenuItem EditCopy = "&Copy"
MenuItem EditPaste = "&Paste"
MenuItem EditClear = "#App.kEditClear"
MenuItem EditSeparator2 = "-"
MenuItem EditSelectAll = "Select &All"
End MenuBar
MyFileTypes
Filetype image/png
Filetype image/jpeg
End MyFileTypes
End Project

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