/Spyduino

Take pictures using PyGame module with Ultrasonic sensor

Primary LanguagePythonGNU General Public License v3.0GPL-3.0

Spyduino

Detects if any intruder nears your computer with the help of Ultrasonic sensor and captures their image immediately with the help of your Webcam.

Arduino Sketch Schema

Setup

  • Install the required python libraries from requirement.txt file

      sudo pip install -r requirements.txt

  • Connect your Arduino board over USB and find the name of the port it is connected to (Usually this is /dev/ttyUSB0 if there is only one device connected over USB).

  • Open and Arduino IDE; Verify & Upload the sketch arduino/ultra_sonic_sensor.ino to the board.

Running the program

    python python/capture_user.py /dev/ttyUSB0

Depending on the range you have set in the python script capture_user.py RANGE variable, the script will activate the camera, captures the image and saves it. You can find the image in your $HOME/image_captures/ directory