Install & Use the Demo
First, make sure you can see the Kaluga CIRCUITPY drive and connect to the REPL. Open the REPL and double check that import espcamera works without showing an error. Then, copy one of the Adafruit software bundles to your device (the first appears below, more on subsequent pages). It will automatically reload and start displaying the image from the camera on the built-in LCD.
By clicking the BOOT button you can swap the camera between live mode & test pattern mode.
If the live mode image is black, remove the lens cap from the camera.
Click the Download Project Bundle button below to download the necessary libraries and the code.py file in a zip file. Extract the contents of the zip file, and copy the entire lib folder and the code.py file to your CIRCUITPY drive.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2021 Jeff Epler for Adafruit Industries
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: Unlicense
"""
This demo is designed for the Kaluga development kit version 1.3 with the
ILI9341 display. It requires CircuitPython 8.
To fix the MemoryError when creating a Camera object, Place the line
```toml
CIRCUITPY_RESERVED_PSRAM=1048576
```
in the file **CIRCUITPY/settings.toml** and restart.
"""
import struct
import board
import busio
import keypad
import displayio
import espcamera
import espidf
print("Initializing display")
displayio.release_displays()
spi = busio.SPI(MOSI=board.LCD_MOSI, clock=board.LCD_CLK)
display_bus = displayio.FourWire(
spi,
command=board.LCD_D_C,
chip_select=board.LCD_CS,
reset=board.LCD_RST,
baudrate=80_000_000,
)
_INIT_SEQUENCE = (
b"\x01\x80\x80" # Software reset then delay 0x80 (128ms)
b"\xEF\x03\x03\x80\x02"
b"\xCF\x03\x00\xC1\x30"
b"\xED\x04\x64\x03\x12\x81"
b"\xE8\x03\x85\x00\x78"
b"\xCB\x05\x39\x2C\x00\x34\x02"
b"\xF7\x01\x20"
b"\xEA\x02\x00\x00"
b"\xc0\x01\x23" # Power control VRH[5:0]
b"\xc1\x01\x10" # Power control SAP[2:0];BT[3:0]
b"\xc5\x02\x3e\x28" # VCM control
b"\xc7\x01\x86" # VCM control2
b"\x36\x01\x40" # Memory Access Control
b"\x37\x01\x00" # Vertical scroll zero
b"\x3a\x01\x55" # COLMOD: Pixel Format Set
b"\xb1\x02\x00\x18" # Frame Rate Control (In Normal Mode/Full Colors)
b"\xb6\x03\x08\x82\x27" # Display Function Control
b"\xF2\x01\x00" # 3Gamma Function Disable
b"\x26\x01\x01" # Gamma curve selected
b"\xe0\x0f\x0F\x31\x2B\x0C\x0E\x08\x4E\xF1\x37\x07\x10\x03\x0E\x09\x00" # Set Gamma
b"\xe1\x0f\x00\x0E\x14\x03\x11\x07\x31\xC1\x48\x08\x0F\x0C\x31\x36\x0F" # Set Gamma
b"\x11\x80\x78" # Exit Sleep then delay 0x78 (120ms)
b"\x29\x80\x78" # Display on then delay 0x78 (120ms)
)
display = displayio.Display(display_bus, _INIT_SEQUENCE, width=320, height=240)
if espidf.get_reserved_psram() < 1047586:
print("""Place the following line in CIRCUITPY/settings.toml, then hard-reset the board:
CIRCUITPY_RESERVED_PSRAM=1048576
""")
raise SystemExit
print("Initializing camera")
cam = espcamera.Camera(
data_pins=board.CAMERA_DATA,
external_clock_pin=board.CAMERA_XCLK,
pixel_clock_pin=board.CAMERA_PCLK,
vsync_pin=board.CAMERA_VSYNC,
href_pin=board.CAMERA_HREF,
pixel_format=espcamera.PixelFormat.RGB565,
frame_size=espcamera.FrameSize.QVGA,
i2c=board.I2C(),
external_clock_frequency=20_000_000,
framebuffer_count=2)
print(cam.width, cam.height)
display.auto_refresh = False
k = keypad.Keys([board.IO0], value_when_pressed=False)
ow = (display.width - cam.width) // 2
oh = (display.height - cam.height) // 2
display_bus.send(42, struct.pack(">hh", ow, cam.width + ow - 1))
display_bus.send(43, struct.pack(">hh", oh, cam.height + ow - 1))
while True:
if (e := k.events.get()) is not None and e.pressed:
cam.colorbar = not cam.colorbar
frame = cam.take(1)
display_bus.send(44, frame)
Code Walkthrough
First, the code performs necessary imports and sets up the display. It will stop if it detects the necessary reserved PSRAM setting is not active:
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2021 Jeff Epler for Adafruit Industries
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: Unlicense
"""
This demo is designed for the Kaluga development kit version 1.3 with the
ILI9341 display. It requires CircuitPython 8.
To fix the MemoryError when creating a Camera object, Place the line
```toml
CIRCUITPY_RESERVED_PSRAM=1048576
```
in the file **CIRCUITPY/settings.toml** and restart.
"""
import struct
import board
import busio
import keypad
import displayio
import espcamera
import espidf
print("Initializing display")
displayio.release_displays()
spi = busio.SPI(MOSI=board.LCD_MOSI, clock=board.LCD_CLK)
display_bus = displayio.FourWire(
spi,
command=board.LCD_D_C,
chip_select=board.LCD_CS,
reset=board.LCD_RST,
baudrate=80_000_000,
)
_INIT_SEQUENCE = (
b"\x01\x80\x80" # Software reset then delay 0x80 (128ms)
b"\xEF\x03\x03\x80\x02"
b"\xCF\x03\x00\xC1\x30"
b"\xED\x04\x64\x03\x12\x81"
b"\xE8\x03\x85\x00\x78"
b"\xCB\x05\x39\x2C\x00\x34\x02"
b"\xF7\x01\x20"
b"\xEA\x02\x00\x00"
b"\xc0\x01\x23" # Power control VRH[5:0]
b"\xc1\x01\x10" # Power control SAP[2:0];BT[3:0]
b"\xc5\x02\x3e\x28" # VCM control
b"\xc7\x01\x86" # VCM control2
b"\x36\x01\x40" # Memory Access Control
b"\x37\x01\x00" # Vertical scroll zero
b"\x3a\x01\x55" # COLMOD: Pixel Format Set
b"\xb1\x02\x00\x18" # Frame Rate Control (In Normal Mode/Full Colors)
b"\xb6\x03\x08\x82\x27" # Display Function Control
b"\xF2\x01\x00" # 3Gamma Function Disable
b"\x26\x01\x01" # Gamma curve selected
b"\xe0\x0f\x0F\x31\x2B\x0C\x0E\x08\x4E\xF1\x37\x07\x10\x03\x0E\x09\x00" # Set Gamma
b"\xe1\x0f\x00\x0E\x14\x03\x11\x07\x31\xC1\x48\x08\x0F\x0C\x31\x36\x0F" # Set Gamma
b"\x11\x80\x78" # Exit Sleep then delay 0x78 (120ms)
b"\x29\x80\x78" # Display on then delay 0x78 (120ms)
)
display = displayio.Display(display_bus, _INIT_SEQUENCE, width=320, height=240)
if espidf.get_reserved_psram() < 1047586:
print("""Place the following line in CIRCUITPY/settings.toml, then hard-reset the board:
CIRCUITPY_RESERVED_PSRAM=1048576
""")
raise SystemExit
Next, the camera object is created. Since this board has a dedicated camera header, there are shorthand names in the board module to name the pins; see the Espressif Overview page for how to adapt the example to other boards.
print("Initializing camera")
cam = espcamera.Camera(
data_pins=board.CAMERA_DATA,
external_clock_pin=board.CAMERA_XCLK,
pixel_clock_pin=board.CAMERA_PCLK,
vsync_pin=board.CAMERA_VSYNC,
href_pin=board.CAMERA_HREF,
pixel_format=espcamera.PixelFormat.RGB565,
frame_size=espcamera.FrameSize.QVGA,
i2c=board.I2C(),
external_clock_frequency=20_000_000,
framebuffer_count=2)
The BOOT button (also known as IO0) can be used when the demo is running to turn the test pattern on and off:
k = keypad.Keys([board.IO0], value_when_pressed=False)
To improve the refresh rate of the display, the demo directly sends data to the LCD rather than going through displayio. The program's forever-loop repeatedly fetches a frame and then sends its data to the LCD over the fourwire bus:
ow = (display.width - cam.width) // 2
oh = (display.height - cam.height) // 2
display_bus.send(42, struct.pack(">hh", ow, cam.width + ow - 1))
display_bus.send(43, struct.pack(">hh", oh, cam.height + ow - 1))
while True:
if (e := k.events.get()) is not None and e.pressed:
cam.colorbar = not cam.colorbar
frame = cam.take(1)
display_bus.send(44, frame)
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