Husky Lens

The Husky Lens is a camera with some built-in machine vision capabilities (eg. face recognition, object tracking, object recognition, line tracking, colour recognition and tag (QR code) recognition). It is capable of communicating with the IoTy device via I2C or UART.

Pins

UART Mode

Pin Description
T Data transmit. This should be connected to the UART RX pin on the ESP32 (default is Pin 5).
R Data receive. This should be connected to the UART TX pin on the ESP32 (default is Pin 4).
- Ground pin. Connect to the GND pin on the ESP32.
+ Power for the sensor. Connect to 3V3. If your device is on USB power, you can also use VIN.

I2C Mode

Pin Description
T Serial Data. This is used to communicate with the ESP32 using the I2C protocol (default pin 19).
R Serial Clock. This is used to communicate with the ESP32 using the I2C protocol (default pin 18).
- Ground pin. Connect to the GND pin on the ESP32.
+ Power for the sensor. Connect to 3V3. If your device is on USB power, you can also use VIN.
The Husky Lens consumes 320mA at 3.3V. It is likely that your ESP32 won't be able to supply this, so it is preferable to use VIN.

Wiring

UART Mode

I2C Mode

Code

This code will print the full result (list of dictionaries).

Blocks

UART Mode

I2C Mode

Python

UART Mode

import machine
import huskylib
import time

uart1 = machine.UART(1, baudrate=9600, tx=4, rx=5)
huskylens = huskylib.HuskyLensUART(uart1)
huskylens.algorithm(huskylib.OBJECT_RECOGNITION)
for count in range(10):
    huskylens.requestAll()
    print(huskylens.results)
    time.sleep(1)

I2C Mode

import machine
import huskylib
import time

i2c0 = machine.I2C(0, freq=100000)
huskylens = huskylib.HuskyLensI2C(i2c0, 50)
huskylens.algorithm(huskylib.OBJECT_RECOGNITION)
for count in range(10):
    huskylens.requestAll()
    print(huskylens.results)
    time.sleep(1)

Results

You should see the detection result printed in the monitor. Each set of results is a list of dictionary, and each dictionary entry consists of...

Block Type

Arrow Type (Line Tracking mode only)

Python Documentation

Refer to https://github.com/HuskyLens/HUSKYLENSPython for the Python documentation.