Thanks Doog,

I will try that and get back to you with results i get.

Regards

On Sat, Jan 2, 2016 at 6:09 PM, doog <doug.la...@gmail.com> wrote:

> IIRC, the PRU's are memory mapped so you could "talk" to the PRU using
> that memory. If none of that makes sense to you then you have a learning
> curve ahead of you before you'll be even close to ready to write software
> for the PRU to control your servos.
>
> Might I suggest you write your software to control the servo(s) in Python
> first and see how well it reacts with your OpenCV program. If that's not
> _fast_ enough then port the servo software to C++ and if that is not fast
> enough you would then have enough understanding of your project, software
> development in C and the BBB to start porting your servo code to the PRU(s).
>
>
> On Saturday, January 2, 2016 at 5:04:22 AM UTC-8, Tinashe Mudavanhu wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I recently bought a BBB to run an eye tracking opencv code. I am a novice
>> in this area so please dont get frustrated if the question seems silly. How
>> do i make the opencv code interact with the PRUs on the BBB? The motive is
>> to use PRU controlled servo motors to move the camera (for faster realtime
>> operations), but since PRUs are just mere microcontrollers that cannot run
>> opencv (opencv running on the Debian OS on BBB), how do i link the code
>> running on the OS and the PRUs?
>>
>> I intend to use python for the opencv code. I'm open to further
>> clarification on my question just thought that this might be a starting
>> point.
>>
>> Kind Regards,
>>
>> Tinashe
>>
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