Accomplishments
This week, I worked on building our parts list from our discussion based off of our design review slides from last week. Our group had already ordered a RPi 5 from the inventory, so we ordered additional components like our camera, LCD, LEDs, and more. Aside from parts, I was messing around with the RPi we picked up. Although there wasn’t much that I could do without the rest of our parts, I did extensive research as to how we will integrate the camera and buttons. Here are the main resources for setup, and I have also created an initial code based off of them to take a picture when a button is pressed. It has not been tested yet, but I will do that when everything gets here.
Parts Status:
Resources for buttons for control: https://gpiozero.readthedocs.io/en/stable/recipes.html#button
Resources for camera setup: https://docs.arducam.com/Raspberry-Pi-Camera/Native-camera/16MP-IMX519/#products-list
Schedule
For week 6, we are on schedule. We have ordered all the parts that we need in order to proceed with our projects, and I have looked into different ways that I can bring up the camera and button, as well as how they communicate with each other and integrate through the RPi.
Next Week
In the next week, I think our group’s greatest concern is finishing up our design review documents. On a personal level, I wish to be able to bring up the camera and control it with buttons when the parts get here.