What Will You Do With Your New Raspberry Pi 3?

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So, now that the Raspberry Pi 3 is live and among us, the most obvious question is what are you going to do with it?

Got any cool project ideas that tie in neatly with its new connectivity functions? Or maybe all those extra horses beneath its silicon hood are what you need?

Tell us all about your plans for the Raspberry Pi 3!

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DAB over 10 years ago

With that amount of CPU power, I could use it for image processing and analysis for my research projects.

I will be looking for someone to port OpenCV onto it so that I can process the images.

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jack.chaney56 over 10 years ago in reply to DAB

Just as a kind prodding...

The word "open" in OpenCV refers to open source. It should be possible to go to the site (probably via SourceForge) and get a source copy and then do a build on the Pi. Very often, it is done with a make; make install; operation. I'm pretty sure the GCC compiler is already included in the Raspbian installation.
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uscdadnyc over 10 years ago in reply to jack.chaney56

To DAB:
WRT your research project [Image processing/analysis], why OpenCV? And not something like MatLab? Aside from the $$$ issue. If it is an Educational Institution sponsored Project ? would your choice of using OpenCV be the same?

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DAB over 10 years ago in reply to uscdadnyc

Cost and capability drive most of my decisions.
I am currently doing my own research, though it would be nice if I could get some university sponsorship.

I have seen Matlab used for image processing and it is quite capable, but I have also seen that it takes a fair amount of time to learn and use effectively.

I believe that OpenCV is both capable and being free is a very good place to start.

If there was a better solution, I would certainly look into it.

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jack.chaney56 over 10 years ago in reply to DAB

If it is just image processing you could try GIMP and Blender. Both free and both available for an apt-get install on Pi. GIMP is for Photoshop kind of work (but does a much better job then Photoshop). Blender is for doing 3d rendering with surfaces and objects.

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DAB over 10 years ago in reply to jack.chaney56

Hi Jack,

I already use GIMP and you are right, it does a very good job.

I have looked at Blender, but it is more artistic oriented.

OpenCV provides both control of the webcam and specific transformations, which will be useful for my purposes.

I also use Audacity for sound analysis. If you have not used it, pick up a copy. It is very capable.

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jack.chaney56 over 10 years ago in reply to DAB

I thought it seemed like you were looking for something to process live stream. You're right they are more for static image stuff and not live data. Though Blender gets used at Pixar Studios (more animation than recording).
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jack.chaney56 over 10 years ago in reply to DAB

I thought it seemed like you were looking for something to process live stream. You're right they are more for static image stuff and not live data. Though Blender gets used at Pixar Studios (more animation than recording).
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