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.
#
# This example has no frame buffer visualization to run extremely fast.
import csi
import time
# https://micropython-ulab.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html
from ulab import numpy as np
# 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])
clock = time.clock()
t = time.ticks_us()
i = 0
while True:
clock.tick()
t1 = time.ticks_us()
diff = time.ticks_diff(t1, t)
t = t1
i += 1
# 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)
# Sub-sample the event rate output to not impact performance of event
# data processing. The overhead of sending stats outputs to the IDE can
# become significant at high event rates.
if not i % 10:
print(f'{event_count} events\t{clock.fps()} fps\t{diff} us')