BoothStache: Facial hair fun with BeagleBone Black

BoothStache is a version of BeagleStache by jkridner optimized for an expo hall booth at a conference (like The specified item was not found.).  Instead of a LCD cape, BoothStache uses the BeagleBone Black's HDMI port to display the webcam feed on an HDTV.   An added twist is a big red USB button that the user presses to send a tweet of their stache photo (thanks to Python helper that bonnie555 wrote called BeagleButan).  Here's the setup:

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The twitter account it's using: http://twitter.com/boothstache/

I used the following equipment:

BeagleBone Black

USB Camera (Amazon)

USB "Stress" Button (eBay)

USB 2.0 Powered Hub

microHDMI cable

32" HDTV

To install the BoothStache version of BeagleStache, use this github repo:

https://github.com/misterbonnie/stache

For example, to download and install, run these commands:

cd $HOME

git clone git://github.com/misterbonnie/stache

cd stache

make && make install

NOTE: You will need add the specific key values for your Twitter account in the config file (https://github.com/misterbonnie/stache/blob/master/config).

To get the USB button working, use this github repo:

https://github.com/misterbonnie/beaglebutan

These are the install instructions from the readme file:

cd $HOME

opkg update

opkg install python-setuptools

okpg install python-ctypes

git clone http://github.com/walac/pyusb.git

cd pyusb

python setup.py install

git clone https://github.com/misterbonnie/beaglebutan

You should then be able to run beaglebutan to test pressing the button:

root@beaglebone:~/beaglebutan# lsusb

Bus 001 Device 002: ID 1a40:0201 Terminus Technology Inc. FE 2.1 7-port Hub

Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

Bus 001 Device 006: ID 04f3:04a0 Elan Microelectronics Corp.

Bus 001 Device 005: ID 046d:082d Logitech, Inc.

 

root@beaglebone:~/beaglebutan# python button.py

PRESS BUTAN

tempfile doesn't exist

PRESS BUTAN

tempfile doesn't exist

PRESS BUTAN

tempfile doesn't exist

PRESS BUTAN

tempfile doesn't exist

PRESS BUTAN

tempfile doesn't exist

You should then start up the beaglestache program by running:

root@beaglebone:~/stache# node ./tweetstache.js

Refer to this gist for an example of the the output on the terminal: https://gist.github.com/pdp7/5527178

Please leave a comment if you have any questions.

TGIF!

Drew

http://twitter.com/pdp7