CMUcam3 Windows Quick Start Guide#

This is for advanced users. For more detailed instructions see Documentation. You can grab a bundled version of all of this software from the Downloads page.

  • Download and install cygwin

  • Go to the Arm GNU Toolchain download site

    • Get the “EABI” or “Bare Metal” target for Windows

    • Install

  • Go to Flash Magic

    • Download and Install LPC ISP

  • Download cc3 source

    • Get a zip of the latest stable snapshot from our Downloads page

    • or checkout a fresh copy from svn by typing:

      svn co https://cc3.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/cc3/trunk cc3

  • Open up Cygwin Shell

    • Go to cc3

      • cd c: to get to c drive, then cd into the cc3 directory

      • typing ls will list all of the files

    • Type make

      • typing make clean will remove all compiled files.

      • make needs to be run in the root directory before you can compile individual projects

  • Startup in programming mode

    • Hold in push button while turning on power to startup in programming mode

  • Open LPC ISP and load compiled hex file

    • Browse to cc3/projects/cmucam2/cmucam2_lpc2106-cmucam3.hex

    • Flash board

    • Close ISP program

  • Open up a terminal program

    • Power Cycle Board

    • A Green Power LED should turn on

    • If the code is running correctly, the red LED will turn off and the blue and yellow LEDs will dimly illuminate

    • Make sure it prints a startup message

  • Use a Graphical User Interface to View Images and Focus Camera

    • Option 1: CMUcam3 Frame Grab Utility

      • Download the CMUcam3 Frame Grab Utility and install .NET (both on the Downloads page)

      • Double Click on “CMUcam3 Frame Grabber.exe”

      • Select Correct COM port and Press “Connect”

      • Click “Send” button to check for an “ACK” message to see if the port is connected

      • Click “Grab Frame” to grab a sample image

    • Option 2: CMUcam2 GUI

      • See the CMUcam2 GUI documentation

      • Check if GUI detects camera and can send frame

      • GUI does not set serial port correctly, so a terminal program must be run in between downloading from the ISP and use of the CMUcam2 GUI