ev3dev Photo Booth

A webcam app for LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 running ev3dev.

Installation

• Install fswebcam on your EV3.

    sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install fswebcam
  

• Copy ev3dev-photo-booth.py to the /home/robot directory on your EV3.

    wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dlech/ev3dev-photo-booth/master/ev3dev-photo-booth.py
  

• Make sure the executable bit is set.

    chmod +x ev3-photo-booth.py
  

Usage

• Run ev3-photo-booth.py from the file browser on your EV3.
• Press the ENTER button (center button on the EV3) or the button on the webcam itself if it has one to start the countdown.
• Strike a pose. The picture is captured when the screens says "Cheese!".
• The picture will appear on the screen of the EV3.
• Press the BACKSPACE (back button on the EV3) button to exit.