maxmousee / picam Goto Github PK

Test camera by running a python script

`import time
import RPi.GPIO as GPIO
from picamera import PiCamera
from picamera import camera
from time import sleep

def setup_gpio():
GPIO.setwarnings(False) # Ignore warning for now
GPIO.setmode(GPIO.BOARD) # Use physical pin numbering
GPIO.setup(10, GPIO.IN,
pull_up_down=GPIO.PUD_DOWN) # Set pin 10 to be an input pin and set initial value to be pulled low (off)

def setup_camera(the_camera):
the_camera.brightness = 50
the_camera.sharpness = 0
the_camera.contrast = 0
the_camera.saturation = 0
the_camera.iso = 0
the_camera.exposure_compensation = 0
the_camera.exposure_mode = 'auto'
the_camera.meter_mode = 'average'
the_camera.awb_mode = 'auto'
the_camera.rotation = 0
the_camera.hflip = False
the_camera.vflip = False
the_camera.crop = (0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0)
the_camera.resolution = (2000, 1500)
# you may need to increase gpu_mem in /boot/config.txt to achieve full resolution with the Camera Module v2.

if name == 'main':
setup_gpio()
the_camera = PiCamera()
setup_camera(the_camera)
filename = "/home/pi/Pictures/image_" + str(int(time.time())) + ".jpg"
the_camera.capture(filename)
print("Saved image as " + filename)
`

Create app launcher

https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/60577/how-can-i-add-custom-application-launchers-to-the-panel