Quick Start Guide¶

A quick step-by-step tutorial to help you jump-start your Machine Vision adventure with the Arducam ToF camera.

Note

Raspberry Pi OS Bullseye is required for this camera (04/04/2022 or later releases), a fresh install is highly recommended.

Connecting the camera to Raspberry Pi¶

Step 1. Install the camera driver¶

wget -O install_pivariety_pkgs.sh https://github.com/ArduCAM/Arducam-Pivariety-V4L2-Driver/releases/download/install_script/install_pivariety_pkgs.sh
chmod +x install_pivariety_pkgs.sh
./install_pivariety_pkgs.sh -p kernel_driver

When you see the reboot prompt, press y and then press enter to reboot.

Step 2. Pull the repository¶

git clone https://github.com/ArduCAM/Arducam_tof_camera.git

Step 3. Change the directory to Arducam_tof_camera¶

cd Downloads/Arducam_tof_camera

Step 4. Install dependencies¶

chmod +x Install_dependencies.sh
./Install_dependencies.sh

Raspberry Pi will automatically reboot.

Step 5. Change the directory to Arducam_tof_camera¶

cd Downloads/Arducam_tof_camera

Step 6. Compile & run¶

chmod +x compile.sh
./compile.sh

Once it’s successfully complied, live previews of the camera will automatically pop up.

Demo¶

Point Cloud¶

With the Point Cloud Library, you can quickly generate a real-time point cloud with Arducam ToF camera and your Raspberry Pi, and utilize it in various 3D processing software/algorithms.

Step 1. Environment Setup¶

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libeigen3-dev
sudo apt-get install libboost-all-dev
sudo apt-get install libflann-dev
sudo apt-get install libvtkt7-dev
sudo apt-get install git build-essential linux-libc-dev
sudo apt-get install cmake #cmake-gui 
sudo apt-get install libusb-1.0-0-dev libusb-dev libudev-dev
sudo apt-get install mpi-default-dev openmpi-bin openmpi-common
sudo apt-get install libpcap-dev
sudo apt-get install libflann1.9 libflann-dev
sudo apt-get install libeigen3-dev
sudo apt-get install libboost-all-dev
sudo apt-get install vtk6 libvtk6.3 libvtk6-dev libvtk6.3-qt libvtk6-qt-dev 
sudo apt-get install libqhull* libgtest-dev
sudo apt-get install freeglut3-dev pkg-config
sudo apt-get install libxmu-dev libxi-dev 
sudo apt-get install mono-complete
sudo apt-get install libopenni-dev libopenni2-dev

Step 2. Installing PCL ¶

sudo apt install libpcl-dev

Step 3. Installing the camera SDK¶

git clone https://github.com/dennis-ard/Arducam_tof_camera.git

Step 4. Run the example¶

 ./example/example_cpp/preivew_pointcloud