Met all my goals from last week except for testing out multiple cameras because I spent that time doing some research on how to connect the Jetson Nano to a laptop. I think for now, I’m going to try and see how doing USB to TTY works based on some reading I did this week. I should be able to transfer data, but I have to make sure that there isn’t too much latency and that I can then use…
This week I was able to have the set up for OpenCV up and running on the Jetson TX2. After doing research and looking into haar cascade models that are available to the public, we were able to get it working for facial recognition. I think that this is most likely the option to go with but more testing needs to be done on how well it can detect a face. I’ve also optimized the program to be less laggy…
This past week, my main goal was to verify a stable multi-mic connection among the Adafruit I2S microphones. In order to test this without a Jetson Nano (since we were not sure when placing our first batch of orders whether we could afford getting every single team member a Nano), I did some research to find that the mics would work with an Arduino Zero, a smaller and significantly cheaper chip with which I could test them. I then wired…
This week I began by continuing research into openCV while I awaited confirmation for the Jetson Nano working from Heather. I began the code development on my personal machine and had success in setting up and running some code for face detection. On Wednesday I was able to actually borrow a Jetson TX2 from the capstone resources but ran into peripheral issues and had to wait for new peripherals to use for it. I again ran into some complications with…
This week I verified all the components were working. I successfully set up the Jetson Nano, and got communications working with a Adafruit I2S microphone, multiple servos, and a Raspberry Pi V2 Camera Module. Setting up the camera module went smoothly and I can get a camera feed to the Jetson. When I get a second module this week, I think it will be an easy integration. I have also installed Jetpack to prepare for working on CV with Eddy…
One of the main concerns we have for the week is the additional hardware we may need to purchase. Currently Edward is using the Jetson TX2, which is more powerful than the Jetson Nano but they do have different port requirements. The TX2 can support up to 6 MIPI input cameras but only with a breakout board which is insanely expensive. Our current solution is for Edward to continue developing from the TX2 with the single camera module until it…