Camera Synchronisation for PointGrey BFLY-PGE-20E4C

Playing around with triggers, ChunkData and Acquisition Modes for the BlackFly cameras. All code running on the Spinnaker Python 3.0.0 driver.

Driver Installation

Install the Spinnaker SDK by running (check the readme if you need further details)

sudo sh install_spinnaker.sh

Then install the Python Wrapper by running (check the readme if you need further details)

python3.10 -m pip install --user spinnaker_python-3.0.0.118-cp38-cp38-linux_x86_64.whl

Utilities

Callib_Image_Collectors contains files to capture images by a software trigger for camera callibration

hardware_trigger_sync contains examples to view Image timestamps to check synchronisation delays for both hardware and software trigger modes. Can be scaled to multiple cameras, currently tested on 2.

external_hard_trigger contains files to trigger the hardware trigger by yet another external trigger signal like an IMU or a GPS. Currently in development.