This is a simple Python program that allows you to take and print some photos in an automated way. It's tested on Raspberry Pi 3 v1 and Python 2.7 but it should also on others Raspberry versions.
It use 3 simple backlighted arcade buttons to control the flow of itself on a non touchscreen display, providing some money saving.
GPIO allocation:
| Button name | Raspberry 3 BCM pin | Raspberry 1 V1 BCM pin |
|---|---|---|
| Red button | 4 | 4 |
| Green button | 3 | 1 |
| White button | 2 | 0 |
| Red button backlight | 23 | 23 |
| Green button backlight | 22 | 22 |
| White button backlight | 27 | 21 |
| Flash output | 17 | 17 |
The printer is connected via Cups, so you can use any cups compatible printer.
- Remove all unused libs
- Add keyboard interrupt to exit
- Make an external configuration file