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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2023 john park for Adafruit Industries
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
# simple point-and-shoot camera example
# No bells! Zero whistles!
import time
import adafruit_pycamera
pycam = adafruit_pycamera.PyCamera()
pycam.mode = 0 # only mode 0 (JPEG) will work in this example
# User settings - try changing these:
pycam.resolution = 8 # 0-12 preset resolutions:
# 0: 240x240, 1: 320x240, 2: 640x480, 3: 800x600, 4: 1024x768,
# 5: 1280x720, 6: 1280x1024, 7: 1600x1200, 8: 1920x1080, 9: 2048x1536,
# 10: 2560x1440, 11: 2560x1600, 12: 2560x1920
pycam.led_level = 1 # 0-4 preset brightness levels
pycam.led_color = 0 # 0-7 preset colors: 0: white, 1: green, 2: yellow, 3: red,
# 4: pink, 5: blue, 6: teal, 7: rainbow
pycam.effect = 0 # 0-7 preset FX: 0: normal, 1: invert, 2: b&w, 3: red,
# 4: green, 5: blue, 6: sepia, 7: solarize
print("Simple camera ready.")
pycam.tone(800, 0.1)
pycam.tone(1200, 0.05)
while True:
pycam.blit(pycam.continuous_capture())
pycam.keys_debounce()
if pycam.shutter.short_count:
print("Shutter released")
pycam.tone(1200, 0.05)
pycam.tone(1600, 0.05)
try:
pycam.display_message("snap", color=0x00DD00)
pycam.capture_jpeg()
pycam.live_preview_mode()
except TypeError as e:
pycam.display_message("Failed", color=0xFF0000)
time.sleep(0.5)
pycam.live_preview_mode()
except RuntimeError as e:
pycam.display_message("Error\nNo SD Card", color=0xFF0000)
time.sleep(0.5)
if pycam.card_detect.fell:
print("SD card removed")
pycam.unmount_sd_card()
pycam.display.refresh()
if pycam.card_detect.rose:
print("SD card inserted")
pycam.display_message("Mounting\nSD Card", color=0xFFFFFF)
for _ in range(3):
try:
print("Mounting card")
pycam.mount_sd_card()
print("Success!")
break
except OSError as e:
print("Retrying!", e)
time.sleep(0.5)
else:
pycam.display_message("SD Card\nFailed!", color=0xFF0000)
time.sleep(0.5)
pycam.display.refresh()
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