Hi,
I'm totally new to the Beagleboard. I've read some posts related to
interfacing a webcam with the BB and most have been pretty helpful.
The thing is, my application needs the BB to be a light-weight
portable device such that the user can point and shoot images which
get stored at say, ~/Pics and then I have a script to get them
processed as per the needs of the project.
Could you point me to resources that could help me find how to achieve
the first part? The ideal thing would be the user presses a button and
the event triggers a script that takes the picture and stores it.
Since it's going to be portable, there's no keyboard, LCD screen or
monitor.
You can probably get away with using gphoto2 and running a script (eg
in ruby or sh) to caoture an image whenever you want. Ad an ssh server
and you can log into your beagleboard and thos this from a distance.
You could make the script read the button value continuously and then
run gphoto every time it is pressed.
I am working on a similar project just now that might be of interest
to you.
I am using the BB for a remote KAP (Kite assisted photograpy) camera
controller, and then connecting to the BB with my IPhone. I have
demonstrated a running Ubuntu with Adhoc WLAN network on my BB. On my
PC I am running a rails application that is able to capture a single
or many images from a USB connected camera and then displaying the
newest captured image thumbnail on a web page. You can also adjust
camera settings from the same web page. So what is left is integrating
the rails app on my BB and starting it all up automatically. I am
getting there faster than expected largely due to a broken leg
