Tag: Pixy CMUcam5

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How to Train Pixy Camera with Computer

Training an original Pixy camera with PixyMon, PixyMon training, colour signature, Pixy camera

Hello friends! Our Pixy camera is connected and PixyMon is working, so we can now teach the camera which colour we want it to detect. In this tutorial, we will select a blue region on a globe, store it as a signature and refine the detection when other parts of the scene also match. We are using the original Pixy CMUcam5 and its matching PixyMon software. The screenshots belong to that setup. If you have Pixy2, use its corresponding software and instructions rather than assuming that every menu and parameter is identical. The most useful idea to understand before starting is that we are teaching a colour signature. We are not teaching the camera the meaning of a globe or asking it to recognize every globe regardless of colour. Once that distinction is clear, the results and their limitatio ...

Getting Started with Pixy Camera

Getting started with the original Pixy camera, Pixy CMUcam5, camera setup, colour detection

Hello friends! Today we will get started with the Pixy camera and understand how it can add colour-based vision to a microcontroller project. Before connecting it to a robot, we will identify the board, choose the correct cables and establish what information the camera can actually provide. The board in this tutorial is the original Pixy CMUcam5, often called Pixy1. Its software, firmware and Arduino library belong to that product generation. If you have Pixy2, use its own documentation and downloads; similar names do not make the two software packages interchangeable. Our first objective is simple: connect the original camera to a computer, view a useful scene, and prepare it to recognize a coloured target. Once that works, we can pass compact detection results to Arduino and decide how ...