[Tinker Board 2S][Tinker Board] stkcam, a simple python tool to preview/ take pics with csi camera

[tooz 47]

hello all, 

my colleague has come up with a little python library called stkcam, that can be used to either to see the live preview of the mipi csi camera, or to take a picture with the mipi csi camera 

pypi: https://pypi.org/project/stkcam/

github: https://github.com/harryliou/stkcam

so far it's supported on tinker board (r2.0) & tinker board 2s (debian 10, debian 11)

here's a little how-to:

##setting up tinker board/ tinker board 2s

use tinker-config to change the csi overlay:

sudo tinker-config
//select 5 Interfacing Options
//select F1 Camera 
//select 0 IMX219 //or 1 OV5647 for Raspberry Camera V1
//click Ok, finish, and reboot

install pip3 for python3 and stkcam: 

sudo apt get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install python3-pip
pip3 install stkcam

 ##using stkcam for mipi csi camera live preview:

python3
import stkcam
from stkcam import TKCam, CamType
cam = TKCam(CamType.IMX219)
cam.preview()

**if you'd like to take a photo using the library, please finish the process first -- exiting by ctrl + d twice)

##using stkcam to take a photo with mipi csi camera:

python3
import stkcam
from stkcam import TKCam, CamType
cam = TKCam(CamType.IMX219)
cam.take_image('/home/linaro/Desktop/image.jpg') # image path

 

feel free to give it a try and let us know