Examples01 Camera03 Event Cameras02 Genx320
# This work is licensed under the MIT license.
# Copyright (c) 2013-2025 OpenMV LLC. All rights reserved.
# https://github.com/openmv/openmv/blob/master/LICENSE
#
# This example shows off using the genx320 event camera from Prophesee
# using event streaming mode and adjusting the sensor settings such as
# * biases values
# * AFK filter
import csi
import image
import time
# https://micropython-ulab.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html
from ulab import numpy as np
# Surface to draw the histogram image on.
img = image.Image(320, 320, image.GRAYSCALE)
# Stores camera events
# Shape: (EVT_res, 6) where EVT_res is the event resolution
# EVT_res: must be a power of two between 1024 and 65536.
# Columns:
# [0] Event type
# [1] Seconds timestamp
# [2] Milliseconds timestamp
# [3] Microseconds timestamp
# [4] X coordinate 0 to 319 for GENX320
# [5] Y coordinate 0 to 319 for GENX320
events = np.zeros((2048, 6), dtype=np.uint16)
# Initialize the sensor.
csi0 = csi.CSI(cid=csi.GENX320)
csi0.reset()
csi0.ioctl(csi.IOCTL_GENX320_SET_MODE, csi.GENX320_MODE_EVENT, events.shape[0])
# Sets the sensor biases to one of available pre-sets:
# GENX320_BIASES_DEFAULT - biases that correspond to GenX320 specification
# GENX320_BIASES_LOW_LIGHT - biases tuned for low light conditions
# GENX320_BIASES_ACTIVE_MARKER - biases tuned for active marker or LED tracking
# GENX320_BIASES_LOW_NOISE - low sensitivity low noise biases (default for this driver)
# GENX320_BIASES_HIGH_SPEED - biases tuned for high speed motion
csi0.ioctl(csi.IOCTL_GENX320_SET_BIASES, csi.GENX320_BIASES_DEFAULT)
# Disables the AFK filter
csi0.ioctl(csi.IOCTL_GENX320_SET_AFK, 0)
clock = time.clock()
while True:
clock.tick()
# Reads up to 2048 events from the camera.
# Returns the number of valid events (0-2048) or a negative error code.
# Note that old events in the buffer are not cleared to save CPU time.
event_count = csi0.ioctl(csi.IOCTL_GENX320_READ_EVENTS, events)
# Render events into a histogram image.
# If clear=True, the image is reset to "brightness" before drawing.
# For each PIX_ON_EVENT, add "contrast" to the bin value;
# for each PIX_OFF_EVENT, subtract it and clamp to [0, 255].
# If clear=False, histogram accumulates over multiple calls.
img.draw_event_histogram(events[:event_count], clear=True, brightness=128, contrast=64)
# Push the image to the jpeg buffer for the IDE to pull and display.
# The IDE pulls frames off the camera at a much lower rate than the
# onboard camera frame rate printed below.
img.flush()
print(event_count, clock.fps())