🚀 Roadmap

[roaldarbol]

Alright, I think Bux can still be of use. But I would want a completely refactor, make it easier to maintain and use modern components.

Tool Summary

• API: FastAPI
• CLI: Typer
• GUI: QT6, PyQt6/PySide6?
• Registry: autoregistry
• Cameras:
  • Webcams: OpenCV, OpenCV 5 is under development.
  • Raspberry Pi CSI cameras: picamera2
  • GoPro: Open GoPro
  • Wireless iPhone/Android cameras: OpenCV
  • ISP (surveillance) cameras: OpenCV
  • FLIR: Spinnaker SDK
• Microcontrollers:
  • Micropython: Belay
  • Arduino: pyFirmata
• Packaging: pixi and rattler-build
• (Executable: Nuitka, but will stick to conda as long as I can)

Microcontrollers

I'll need to come up with a proper solution for how to integrate with Belay.

Cameras

I think the camera solution worked well, but a few things to consider:

• More camera types should be supported long-term
• Functions should be made separately for each camera type (e.g. GoPro, FLIR, iPhone, RPi CSI cams).
• Instead of OpenCV and Picamera2, VidGear could be considered.
• Expose as many settings as possible

[BrianPugh]

shameless self-plug; checkout my project Cyclopts for the CLI ;)

However, I've rarely actually used FastAPI; if Typer/FastAPI play nicer together (since they're both Tiangolo projects), then I'd say go for Typer.

Edit: also more self-plugs checkout my autoregistry for managing your camera-hooks. An example (with Belay) can be seen in my magnetometer project where I use autoregistry to manage my different magnetic-sensor-types.

[roaldarbol]

@BrianPugh Haha, great to see you here! You may have noticed I also just started a discussion on Belay 😂 I'm still not 100% sure I'll need FastAPI (it's been recommended to me, but I'm not really sure I see the need for myself) - so will definitely consider Cyclopts! autoregistry also really looks like something I could make use of! I'm assuming that oculd e.g. be good for having a registry of camera types/registered cameras?
Are they on conda-forge? I'm hoping to mostly rely on that rather than PyPi. I'm a big user of pixi, so can highly recommend that and rattler-build (until rattler-build becomes bundled into pixi).

[BrianPugh]

I'm assuming that could e.g. be good for having a registry of camera types/registered cameras?

Precisely; assuming that each camera needs custom data/methods/whatever, this is exactly what autoregistry was made for.

All my projects are on pypi; I'm not against publishing on conda-forge, I just never really investigated it. If it becomes a big blocker I could maybe investigate more.

[roaldarbol]

That sounds great, I'll add it to the list!

I could possibly help with that, come the time - I'm starting to get somewhat of a grip on how that works (I think...)😊

EDIT: Seems they're already on there:

• https://prefix.dev/channels/conda-forge/packages/belay
• https://prefix.dev/channels/conda-forge/packages/autoregistry
• https://prefix.dev/channels/conda-forge/packages/cyclopts

So I guess you can add mamba install to your projects!

[roaldarbol]

Note to self, maybe it would be much simpler to make a napari plugin?! E.g. https://github.com/jacopoabramo/napari-live-recording already shows you can record, but is more focused on microscopy.