Chapter 8. Creating Projects with the Raspberry Pi Camera Module
In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:
- Getting started with the Raspberry Pi camera module
- Using the camera with Python
- Generating a time-lapse video
- Creating a stop frame animation
- Making a QR code reader
- Discovering and experimenting with OpenCV
- Color detection with OpenCV
- Performing motion tracking with OpenCV
Introduction
The Raspberry Pi camera module is a special add-on of the Raspberry Pi that makes use of the Camera Serial Interface (CSI) connector. This connects directly to the GPU core of the Raspberry Pi processor, allowing images to be captured directly on the unit.
We shall create a basic graphical user interface (GUI) using the tkinter library we used in Chapter ...
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