Chris Garrett omiq

Marketing Technologist by day, maker and retro computing fan by night

omiq / joy-camera.py

Created April 13, 2018 19:31

Controlling pan-tilt with game pad

omiq / pi-game-pad.py

Created April 12, 2018 23:14

Simple example of controlling a Pi using a game pad using python

	from evdev import InputDevice

	# create object to read input - specify YOUR device
	controller = InputDevice('/dev/input/event0')

	# want to display ALL info?
	debug = False

	# what are the controller details?
	print(controller)

omiq / camera.py

Created April 9, 2018 01:40

Simple digital camera using the TFT Hat from Adafruit

omiq / gpio.py

Created April 5, 2018 19:52

Basic Pi GPIO example

	import RPi.GPIO as GPIO
	import time


	# Pi has (confusingly) two numbering schemes for pins
	# usually you would choose based on what is printed on
	# your dongles/pinout prints
	GPIO.setmode(GPIO.BCM)

	# H-Bridge pins

omiq / shooter.py

Created April 4, 2018 17:43

In this demno of the Python Arcade library, I demonstrate moving backgrounds, sprites, sound effects (now working with zero lag!), and scoring.

	import random
	import arcade
	import _thread


	class Fireball(arcade.Sprite):
	def update(self):
	move_rate = 10
	self.center_y += move_rate

omiq / arcade1.py

Created April 3, 2018 23:00

In this simple demo we bounce a sprite over a moving background to show the basic functions of the Python Arcade module

	# https://makerhacks.com

	import subprocess
	import arcade

	# Open the window. Set the window title and dimensions (width and height)
	arcade.open_window(800, 600, "Drawing Test")
	arcade.set_background_color(arcade.color.BLACK)

omiq / cam.py

Created April 2, 2018 23:17

Simple cam.jpg display

	#!/usr/bin/python3
	import cgi
	import cgitb
	cgitb.enable()

	print("Content-Type: text/html\n\n")

	print("""
	<html><head><title>CatCam</title>
	<meta charset="utf-8">

omiq / cam.sh

Last active April 2, 2018 23:35

Very simple BASH webcam script

	#!/bin/bash

	while [ 1 ];
	do
	raspistill -o cam.jpg
	scp cam.jpg [email protected]:apache/html/cam
	sleep 5s
	done

omiq / qrscan.py

Created April 2, 2018 01:43

This version of the QRCode demo also displays on screen

	import PIL
	from PIL import Image
	import pyzbar.pyzbar as pyzbar
	import pygame
	import pygame.camera
	from pygame.locals import *

	# set up the camera
	pygame.init()
	pygame.camera.init()

omiq / qrscan.py

Created April 2, 2018 00:23

Demo of a QR scanner that repeatedly scans and looks for QR codes

	import PIL
	from PIL import Image
	import pyzbar.pyzbar as pyzbar
	import pygame
	import pygame.camera
	from pygame.locals import *

	# set up the camera
	pygame.init()
	pygame.camera.init()