This is probably a simple question, but the instructions somehow are not clear on this to me. Before installing the Arducam stereo HAT 8MP, I used the normal PiCamera() function to capture a still photo every three seconds. Now I would like to do the same, but I would like the Arducam to take a stereo photo every three seconds. Which function do I use the capture a still in python using this HAT?
Hi,
The picamera driver does not support our stereo camera hat for stereo photo.
You should use our MIPI_Camera driver. Getting it from here: https://github.com/ArduCAM/MIPI_Camera/tree/master/RPI
Hi Bin, thank you for your answer. I understand that picamera does not work, but I cannot seem to find out which function to use from the MIPI camera driver in Python… How do I simply take and save a still photo using Arducam stereo HAT with python?
Hi,
Arducam MIPI_Camera has release python code demo. You can get it here
https://github.com/ArduCAM/MIPI_Camera/tree/master/RPI/python
Int this folder, you can use capture.py to get an image. if you want to get stereo image.
Just choose stereo mode resolution using fmt = camera.set_resolution(width, height) API
Hi,
Maybe a docker image would be a simple approach!
Hello,
Sorry for my missing your questions.
Using MIPI_Camera library is very easy. If you want to use python demo.
Just need to do the following commands:
- Download the code:
git clone https://github.com/ArduCAM/MIPI_Camera.git
2.Install the library :
cd MIPI_Camera/RPI
make install
- Running the python demo
cd python
python preview.py