[clue] [TECH] Forth and Dreamplug

[Lorin Ricker]

Gus -- Sounds like some fascinating projects; perhaps you could make one 
or more CLUE meeting presentation(s) out of these, without divulging 
proprietary information, of course?  Certainly your experience with 
making the FLOSS components play nicely together?  Good stuff!

On 06/06/2011 04:48 PM, daryl kuchay wrote:
> Very interesting application. I was just let go from Mikron in Aurora.
> Swiss industrial assembly system manufacturer who's customers are mostly
> medical device manufacturers. There is a lot of money to be made in the
> vision appliance market. Something that has an easy calibration
> interface and spits out a positive on true and a few handshake bits for
> PLC integration and you are on the way to the bank. Cognex could use
> some competition. Cheers!
>
> On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 4:40 PM, YES NOPE9 <yes at nope9.com
> <mailto:yes at nope9.com>> wrote:
>
>     #1   My buddy ( Dennis Kathrens ) and I are adding things to a GuruPlug.
>     We connected a USB C901 webcam ( HD ) to the GuruPlug and served
>     video using Palantir.
>     For some reason ( not yet determined ) , the webcam would not be
>     recognized if it was connected through a USB hub.
>
>     Now we are wading through the process of getting Python , OpenCV (
>     or perhaps ROS ) to play nice together.  Once this happens , we will
>     code some computer vision algorithms:
>     ==  to count small objects ( pills )
>     ==  to recognize the borders of documents that have been imaged and
>     trim the images
>     ==  to examine the document image for barcodes ( 1D and 2D ) and
>     extract info as metadata.
>     ==  control the universe   ( this is a long term effort )
>
>
>
>     #2  I am working on getting Forth running on the Wiznet W7100 .....
>     or maybe LUA instead .... then I will have small modules that can
>     hang on the ethernet network and accept code downloads.
>
>     My intention is to FLOSS all of the accomplishments and also try to
>     make a buck as well.  I am always interested in collaborating.  I
>     love what Sparkfun in Boulder, CO has done.  Maybe I can get
>     something of a similar flavor going.
>
>     99guspuppet