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What is Nodejs. Is node js that simple?

What is Nodejs

Well, Yes & No. Depends on whether you love Javascript or not. In “not-so-simple” terms, node.js is a high performance, light weight platform which uses an event-driven, non-blocking I/O model, making this a perfect match for data-intensive real-time applications that run across distributed devices.You : Wooooww…. hold on.. hold on.. what is all this man!? Me : This is nodejs! Playing with the Raspberry Pi’s camera. I recently picked up a camera module for the Raspberry Pi from Adafruit.

Playing with the Raspberry Pi’s camera

This post will serve to be notes to myself on how to use the dang thing. There’s a lot of info on the web, so I’m going to collect what’s applicable to myself here. This post will continue to evolve over time. Note, I’m using a Macbook Air, so all software and commands are centric to OSX (10.8.5). Raspberry Pi Camera Module. Introduction The Raspberry Pi camera module can be used to take high-definition video, as well as stills photographs.

Raspberry Pi Camera Module

It’s easy to use for beginners, but has plenty to offer advanced users if you’re looking to expand your knowledge. There are lots of examples online of people using it for time-lapse, slow-motion and other video cleverness. You can also use the libraries we bundle with the camera to create effects.

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4. Basic Recipes — Picamera 1.9 documentation. The following recipes should be reasonably accessible to Python programmers of all skill levels.

4. Basic Recipes — Picamera 1.9 documentation

Please feel free to suggest enhancements or additional recipes. 4.1. Capturing to a file¶ BrickPi Browser Streaming Robot Tutorial. Parts Raspberry Pi B+ or B - you can buy one from dexter industries, adafruit or amazon BrickPi - I got the advanced kit, but the regular should work tooBrickPi power pack - the advanced kit doesn't come with a battery pack, so you'll need one 2 Mindstorm motors 1 Pi camera - you get buy one from dexter industries, adafruit and amazon USB wifi - you can buy one from dexter industries, adafruit or amazon Software Raspbian distribution for Raspberry Pi - I tried pidora, but ran into difficulties.

BrickPi Browser Streaming Robot Tutorial

More on this later Python - by default Raspbian comes with itBrickPi from githubBrickPi Python from github. Raspberry Pi camera board video streaming » Miguel Mota. How to build and run MJPG-Streamer on the Raspberry Pi. It's been a while since I wrote the article on streaming video from the Raspberry Pi using MJPG-Streamer.

How to build and run MJPG-Streamer on the Raspberry Pi

Since I published that article I have received several comments and questions regarding issues building MJPG-Streamer, so in this short post I'm giving you revised build instructions. 1. Install build dependencies The following command installs the three libraries that MJPG-Streamer uses: $ sudo apt-get install libjpeg8-dev imagemagick libv4l-dev.