Introduction

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Library for the Adafruit PyCamera

Dependencies

This driver depends on:

• Adafruit CircuitPython <https://github.com/adafruit/circuitpython>_
• Bus Device <https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_CircuitPython_BusDevice>_

Please ensure all dependencies are available on the CircuitPython filesystem. This is easily achieved by downloading the Adafruit library and driver bundle <https://circuitpython.org/libraries>_ or individual libraries can be installed using circup <https://github.com/adafruit/circup>_.

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Installing from PyPI

This package is available on PyPI so that it can be installed by Thonny. It is not useful to install this package from PyPI on a Windows, Mac, or Linux computer.

Installing to a Connected CircuitPython Device with Circup

Make sure that you have circup installed in your Python environment. Install it with the following command if necessary:

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pip3 install circup

With circup installed and your CircuitPython device connected use the following command to install:

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circup install adafruit_pycamera

Or the following command to update an existing version:

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circup update

Usage Example

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from adafruit_pycamera import PyCamera

pycam = PyCamera()

while True:
    new_frame = pycam.continuous_capture()
    # .. do something with new_frame

Documentation

API documentation for this library can be found on Read the Docs <https://docs.circuitpython.org/projects/pycamera/en/latest/>_.

For information on building library documentation, please check out this guide <https://learn.adafruit.com/creating-and-sharing-a-circuitpython-library/sharing-our-docs-on-readthedocs#sphinx-5-1>_.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please read our Code of Conduct <https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_CircuitPython_PyCamera/blob/HEAD/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md>_ before contributing to help this project stay welcoming.