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Pixy CMUcam5 Image Sensor
Ever wanted your microcontroller to sense images without eating
up all your processor speed? Or wish
that you had an image sensor that wasn't limited to RGB - but
could sense hue and saturation as well?
Or just want a kickstarted open source camera sensor with a cool
name? Enter the !i"y #$%#am - animage sensor &or your
microcontroller that you can teach what to look &or
(he !i"y #$%#am ) is an image sensor with a power&ul
processor that you can program to only sendthe in&ormation
you're looking &or so your microcontroller isn't overwhelmed by
data (he !i"y
#$%#am also e"ports its in&ormation in a variety o&
use&ul ways - %*R( serial +!, ,# digital outor analog out - so
your microcontroller can communicate easily while still doing other
tasks ,t's sounobtrusive that you can even hook up multiple !i"y
#$%#ams to one microcontroller.
(he !i"y #$%#am) also uses hue and saturation as its primary
means o& image detection - rather thanthe normal RGB (his means
that lighting or e"posure won't a&&ect the !i"y #$%#am's
detection o& an
item - which is a &rustrating problem with many image
sensors ,t's also a vast improvement over
previous versions o& the !i"y #$%#am adding increased
&le"ibility when it comes to lighting and
e"posure changes
,t can also remember seven di&&erent color signatures
&ind hundreds o& objects at the same time and is
super &ast - processing at )/ &rames a second 0inally
the !i"y #$%#am is also teachable so you canset it up to only send
you images that you've speci&ically told it to look &or
,t's easy and &ast and has an
open source application called !i"y$on Each !i"y #$%cam) +ensor
comes with a 1-pin-to-2/-pin
,3# cable and mounting tabs and screws
