Versions Compared

Key

  • This line was added.
  • This line was removed.
  • Formatting was changed.
Table of Contents
minLevel1
maxLevel6
outlinefalse
stylenone
typelist
printablefalse

1. Overview

This application note describes how to connect the PMD flexx2 3D camera to the Renesas EVK board, and use the Royaleviewer camera UI running on the Renesas EVK for streaming data from the camera.

...

https://3d.pmdtec.com/en/3d-cameras/flexx2/

2. Connecting the Camera

To connect the PMD flexx2 camera to the Renesas EVK kit, use a USB 3.1 Gen 1 compatible USB cable and connect the camera to the USB1 port of the carrier board.

...

The following picture illustrates connection of the camera and display to the kit:

...

3. Running Royaleviewer

On the Renesas EVK display, navigate to the Gnome application menu, and find the Royaleviewer icon. Run the Royaleviewer application, then press the “Start” button in the bottom right corner. The PMD flexx2 camera will initialize and start streaming the 3D visualization of the surrounding area.

Alternatively, Royaleviewer can be started from a serial or ssh connection using the below command line:

Code Block
root@rzv2hevkalphauser@rzv2hevkalpha:~# sudo /usr/bin/royaleviewer.sh

The following picture illustrates Royaleviewer running on a 800x480 HDMI display connected to the Renesas EVK board:

...