actfw-raspberrypi

actfw-raspberrypi

actfw's components for Raspberry Pi. actfw is a framework for Actcast Application written in Python.

Installation

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y python3-pip python3-pil 
pip3 install actfw-raspberrypi

Document

• API References

Usage

See actfw-core for basic usage.

actfw-raspberrypi provides:

• actfw_raspberrypi.capture.PiCameraCapture : Generate CSI camera capture image
• actfw_raspberrypi.Display : Display using PiCamera Overlay
• actfw_raspberrypi.vc4.Display : Display using VideoCore IV
• actfw_raspberrypi.vc4.Window : Double buffered window

Example

• example/hello : The most simple application example
  • Use HDMI display as 640x480 area
  • Capture 320x240 RGB image from CSI camera
  • Draw "Hello, Actcast!" text
  • Display it as 640x480 image (with x2 scaling)
  • Notice message for each frame
  • Support application setting
  • Support application heartbeat
  • Support "Take Photo" command
  • Depends: python3-picamera fonts-dejavu-core
• example/grayscale : Next level application example
  • Use HDMI display as 640x480 area
  • Capture 320x240 RGB image from CSI camera
  • Convert it to grayscale
  • Display it as 640x480 image (with x2 scaling)
  • Notice message for each frame
  • Support application setting
  • Support application heartbeat
  • Support "Take Photo" command
  • Depends: python3-picamera
• example/parallel_grayscale : Paralell processing application example
  • Use HDMI display as 640x480 area
  • Capture 320x240 RGB image from CSI camera
  • Convert it to grayscale
    • There exists 2 converter task
    • Round-robin task scheduling
  • Display it as 640x480 image (with x2 scaling)
  • Notice message for each frame
    • Show which converter processes image
  • Support application setting
  • Support application heartbeat
  • Support "Take Photo" command
  • Depends: python3-picamera
• example/uvccamera : UVC camera capture example
  • picamera is unnecessary
  • Use HDMI display center 640x480 area
  • Capture 320x240 RGB image from UVC camera
  • Convert it to grayscale
  • Display it as 640x480 image (with x2 scaling)
  • Notice grayscale pixel data histogram
  • Support application setting
  • Support application heartbeat
  • Support "Take Photo" command
  • Depends: libv4l-0 libv4lconvert0

Development Guide

Installation of dev requirements

pip3 install poetry
poetry install

Running tests

poetry run nose2 -v

Running examples

On a Raspberry Pi connected to HDMI display:

poetry run python example/hello

Releasing package & API doc

CI will automatically do. Follow the following branch/tag rules.

1. Make changes for next version in master branch (via pull-requests).
2. Make a PR that updates version in pyproject.toml and merge it to master branch.
3. Create GitHub release from master branch's HEAD.
   1. Draft a new release.
   2. Create new tag named release-<New version> (e.g. release-1.4.0) from Choose a tag pull down menu.
   3. Write title and description.
   4. Publish release.
4. Then CI will build/upload package to PyPI & API doc to GitHub Pages.