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Capture image - Virtual IoT Hardware

For dis part of di lesson, you go add camera sensor to your virtual IoT device, and you go dey read images from am.

Hardware

Di virtual IoT device go use one simulated camera wey dey send images either from files or from your webcam.

Add di camera to CounterFit

To use virtual camera, you need to add am to di CounterFit app.

Task - Add di camera to CounterFit

Add di Camera to di CounterFit app.

Create new Python app for your computer inside one folder wey dem call fruit-quality-detector wey get one file wey dem call app.py and one Python virtual environment, then add di CounterFit pip packages.

⚠️ You fit check di instructions for how to create and setup CounterFit Python project for lesson 1 if you need am.
Install one extra Pip package to install CounterFit shim wey fit talk to Camera sensors by simulating some of di Picamera Pip package. Make sure say you dey install am from terminal wey get di virtual environment activated.
```
pip install counterfit-shims-picamera
```
Make sure say di CounterFit web app dey run.
Create camera:
1. For di Create sensor box for di Sensors pane, drop down di Sensor type box and select Camera.
2. Set di Name to Picamera.
3. Select di Add button to create di camera.
Di camera go dey created and e go show for di sensors list.

Program di camera

Di virtual IoT device fit now dey programmed to use di virtual camera.

Task - Program di camera

Program di device.

Make sure say di fruit-quality-detector app dey open for VS Code.
Open di app.py file.

Add di code wey dey below to di top of app.py to connect di app to CounterFit:

from counterfit_connection import CounterFitConnection
CounterFitConnection.init('127.0.0.1', 5000)

Add di code wey dey below to your app.py file:
```
import io
from counterfit_shims_picamera import PiCamera
```
Dis code dey import some libraries wey you need, including di PiCamera class from di counterfit_shims_picamera library.
Add di code wey dey below dis one to initialize di camera:
```
camera = PiCamera()
camera.resolution = (640, 480)
camera.rotation = 0
```
Dis code dey create one PiCamera object, set di resolution to 640x480. Even though higher resolutions dey supported, di image classifier dey work on smaller images (227x227), so e no necessary to capture and send bigger images.

Di camera.rotation = 0 line dey set di rotation of di image in degrees. If you need to rotate di image from di webcam or di file, set am as e dey appropriate. For example, if you wan change di image of banana for webcam wey dey landscape mode to portrait, set camera.rotation = 90.
Add di code wey dey below dis one to capture di image as binary data:
```
image = io.BytesIO()
camera.capture(image, 'jpeg')
image.seek(0)
```
Dis code dey create one BytesIO object to store binary data. Di image dey read from di camera as JPEG file and e dey stored for dis object. Dis object get one position indicator to know where e dey for di data so dat more data fit dey written to di end if e dey needed, so di image.seek(0) line dey move dis position go back to di start so dat all di data fit dey read later.
Below dis one, add di code wey dey below to save di image to file:
```
with open('image.jpg', 'wb') as image_file:
    image_file.write(image.read())
```
Dis code dey open one file wey dem call image.jpg for writing, then e dey read all di data from di BytesIO object and e dey write am to di file.

💁 You fit capture di image directly to file instead of BytesIO object by passing di file name to di camera.capture call. Di reason why we dey use di BytesIO object na so dat later for dis lesson you fit send di image to your image classifier.
Configure di image wey di camera for CounterFit go capture. You fit either set di Source to File, then upload one image file, or set di Source to WebCam, and images go dey captured from your webcam. Make sure say you select di Set button after you select picture or select your webcam.
One image go dey captured and e go dey saved as image.jpg for di current folder. You go see dis file for di VS Code explorer. Select di file to view di image. If e need rotation, update di camera.rotation = 0 line as e dey necessary and take another picture.

💁 You fit find dis code for di code-camera/virtual-iot-device folder.

😀 Your camera program don work well!

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