Hi
I have been trying all possible things with my TTL JPEG camera (http://forums.adafruit.com/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=22562); but nothing seems to be working (read almost all the forum postings)...
1. I tried with the example code provided with a UNO board - I always get the version number, resolution etc...but images are corrupted (I can't open them with any image editing tool) . I change buffer length to 32, 16, 64; delay in the .h file to 20, 5 - still no luck!
2. I am using a mac (with os X) so I can't try the CommTool but I was trying to use the Python code (on Python 2.6.6) given in the examples - doesn't work..I receive some bytes and then gets "ERROR READING PHOTO" At the end of this post I have included the complete output (with bytes received printed).
I am not sure if I should power the UNO board separately. At the moment, the UNO board is connected to mac via USB and I use UNO board 5V and GND to power the TTL camera.
I am not sure if the camera is faulty...
Any advice on this matter is greatly appriciated.
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Snap!
3516 bytes to read
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ERROR READING PHOTO
None
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Users/suranga/Documents/Arduino/libraries/VC0706/getimage0706.py", line 142, in <module>
photodata = ''.join(photo)
TypeError
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TTL Serial Camera - Nothing seems to work
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Re: TTL Serial Camera - Nothing seems to work
It looks like you have the right connections since it is communicating to some degree. Do make sure that all your connections are secure, since just one dropped byte would cause an error reading the photo.
The camera only needs 75mA @5v, so you should be fine powering it from the UNO 5v pin.
The camera only needs 75mA @5v, so you should be fine powering it from the UNO 5v pin.
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Re: TTL Serial Camera - Nothing seems to work
Thanks for the comment...
I checked all the connections...In fact, I tried running CommTool on a windows 7 machine (keeping the same connections and same UNO board) and I could get images without any problems! Once this was verified I remove the USB cable from windows machine, connected to max OS X and executed .py code..still gets the same error...Similarly, the Arduino example code too gives me a corrupted image.
Any idea what else should I try?
Thanks
Suranga
I checked all the connections...In fact, I tried running CommTool on a windows 7 machine (keeping the same connections and same UNO board) and I could get images without any problems! Once this was verified I remove the USB cable from windows machine, connected to max OS X and executed .py code..still gets the same error...Similarly, the Arduino example code too gives me a corrupted image.
Any idea what else should I try?
Thanks
Suranga
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Re: TTL Serial Camera - Nothing seems to work
can you try to format your microSD card? or try another card? (worth an attempt!)
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Re: TTL Serial Camera - Nothing seems to work
yes I can try...I don't need a SD card to run the .Py code right?
PS: .Py code does not compile on python 3.2; compiles on python 2.6...
PS: .Py code does not compile on python 3.2; compiles on python 2.6...
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Re: TTL Serial Camera - Nothing seems to work
You need to use the AFMotor library or the AFMotor compatible version of the AccelStepper library. Both are available here: http://www.ladyada.net/make/mshield/download.html
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Re: TTL Serial Camera - Nothing seems to work
How does this library relate to TTL Camera Python Example code?...Before I ran the python code, I simply uploaded an empty sketch into UNO...
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Re: TTL Serial Camera - Nothing seems to work
Sorry, right reply to the wrong thread. I need to pay attention when I multi-task.
Not sure about the python issue. I'm not a python expert, but the error seems to occur after the image read is complete.
Not sure about the python issue. I'm not a python expert, but the error seems to occur after the image read is complete.
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Re: TTL Serial Camera - Nothing seems to work
What's the best way to test this camera on Arduino? With the Windows PC I have verified that my connections are okey and camera is working.
But whenever I try with Arduino, (say I read 160*120) there are 3000+ bytes in the camera buffer and I the resulting file is corrupted...
When I tried python code, I realized that there is a function to check every response. Some bytes fails to go though this check and python code exit at that moment.
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def checkreply(r, b):
r = map (ord, r)
if (r[0] == 0x76 and r[1] == SERIALNUM and r[2] == b and r[3] == 0x00):
return True
return False
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I tried to bypass the response check and I was able to receive almost all the bytes..there were about 4-5 invalid responses, which I think corrupted the image.
I have been trying this over 3 weeks now...could captures a figure with arduino code...
But whenever I try with Arduino, (say I read 160*120) there are 3000+ bytes in the camera buffer and I the resulting file is corrupted...
When I tried python code, I realized that there is a function to check every response. Some bytes fails to go though this check and python code exit at that moment.
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def checkreply(r, b):
r = map (ord, r)
if (r[0] == 0x76 and r[1] == SERIALNUM and r[2] == b and r[3] == 0x00):
return True
return False
===
I tried to bypass the response check and I was able to receive almost all the bytes..there were about 4-5 invalid responses, which I think corrupted the image.
I have been trying this over 3 weeks now...could captures a figure with arduino code...
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Re: TTL Serial Camera - Nothing seems to work
Can you post some photos of your connections between the camera and the Arduino?there were about 4-5 invalid responses, which I think corrupted the image
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Re: TTL Serial Camera - Nothing seems to work
I have included 3 images: Overall circuit, zoom to Breadboard connections, zoom to Camera connections
This was used with the Python code. When I tried Arduino code, camera's tx and rx was connected to pin 2 and 3 and monitor the output from serial port.
This was used with the Python code. When I tried Arduino code, camera's tx and rx was connected to pin 2 and 3 and monitor the output from serial port.
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Re: TTL Serial Camera - Nothing seems to work
where is the microSD card?
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Re: TTL Serial Camera - Nothing seems to work
This was used with the Python code...For micro SD card example, instead of writing to SD card I wrote the byte into the serial port and tried save data into a JPEG file...
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Re: TTL Serial Camera - Nothing seems to work
that wont work, it isnt fast enough. follow the tutorial as it is, adding python is just making it more complicated
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Re: TTL Serial Camera - Nothing seems to work
Thanks!...I've ordered SD card breakout board from adafruit. I will report how it goes once I re-try the code with SD card
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