Arduino Face Tracking.

Redone by me!


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Table of Contents

1. About The Project
2. Getting Started
3. Contact
4. Acknowledgements
5. My Very Janky Concoction
6. Required Hardware Links

About The Project

This is a modified version of popular circulating face tracking code that I found to not work on python2 or 3, and edited it to actually work for python3 lol!

Getting Started

Software & Hardware Requirements.

Software Required

Arduino IDE
Pyhton
PySerial
Numpy
OpenCV

Requirements For The Hardware

2x Servos
Pan & Tilt Kit
Arduino
Breadboard & Wires
USB Camera

Installing the software.

1. Install Python here (During installation you'll be asked if you want the IDLE editor, I'd reccomend getting it for ease of running the python script later!).
2. Install PySerial, we can do this by openeing command prompt and typing

pip install serial

3. Install Numpy

pip install numpy

4. Install openCV

pip install opencv-python

5. Install the Arduino IDE here!
6. We're all done with software, now to the hardware! Lets move on to the next section to see how to wire the servos to the Arduino!

How to wire the servos to Arduino.

Schematic (See below if you're confused)

Diagram

(Some servos do need 5v however, such as the continous servo linked here! )

Upload the code the the Arduino

1. Open Servo.ini using the Arduino IDE
2. Under Tools-> Select the right Arduino board, and "COM Port", the USB port.

3. Click the upload button

4. Finished! Now we just have to run the Pyhton code.

Running the Python Code

1. Open the IDLE editor, should've been installed while installing Python!
2. Click Run -> Run Module ( Or click F5)

3. You're done! You should now have a working face tracking camera and a pyhton window looking like this!

My Very Janky Concoction

Inside

Outside

Behind

Bottom

Janky Camera Setup LOL

Contact

Graham - [email protected] Project Link: https://github.com/LanaDelSlay/Arduino-Face-Tracking/

Acknowledgements

• Original Article
• This ReadME template

Required Hardware Links

• Cheap Arduino Board ($13)
• Small USB Camera ($45)
• Pan & Tilt Servo Case($20)
• Bread Board & Wires($10)
• Servo($8) (Currently the code is intended for one of these as the veritcal servo, and a continous turn servo for the horizontal.)
• Continous Servo For Horizontal Axis($17)