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Script camera control

This example shows how to use Script node. It controls the ColorCamera to capture a still image every second.

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Setup

This example requires the DepthAI v3 API, see installation instructions.

Source code

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1#!/usr/bin/env python3
2import cv2
3import depthai as dai
4
5# Start defining a pipeline
6pipeline = dai.Pipeline()
7
8# Define a source - color camera
9cam = pipeline.create(dai.node.ColorCamera)
10
11# Script node
12script = pipeline.create(dai.node.Script)
13script.setScript("""
14    import time
15    ctrl = CameraControl()
16    ctrl.setCaptureStill(True)
17    while True:
18        time.sleep(1)
19        node.io['out'].send(ctrl)
20""")
21
22# XLinkOut
23xout = pipeline.create(dai.node.XLinkOut)
24xout.setStreamName('still')
25
26# Connections
27script.outputs['out'].link(cam.inputControl)
28cam.still.link(xout.input)
29
30# Connect to device with pipeline
31with dai.Device(pipeline) as device:
32    while True:
33        img = device.getOutputQueue("still").get()
34        cv2.imshow('still', img.getCvFrame())
35        if cv2.waitKey(1) == ord('q'):
36            break

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