RealSense and Raspberry Pi 2

[Дмитрий_К_]

Hello,

I use  Raspberry Pi 2 for my robots. And I would like to use RealSense camera for image and  voice recognition.  I can use PC for computing but camera should work with Raspberry first after that data can be  sending through network (wifi). 

Is it possible? Or can you  advise  something different ?

Thanks, Dmytro

[Xusheng_L_Intel]

The RealSense SDK currently do not support ARM platform.

[MartyG]

Raspberry PI 2 uses USB 2.0 instead of the newer USB 3 that the RealSense camera requires, so that in itself prevents the camera from being used with the PI 2.  I wish that were not the case, as I was interested in connecting RealSense to a Pi 2 myself.

[Paulo_Pinheiro]

How about Minnowboard Max?

There is an usb 3.0 and can run Windows 8.1.

Paulo.

[samontab]

Hi Dmytro,

You can definitely process the RealSense camera on a PC and send the required data to the Raspberry PI via the local network (via wifi for example)

This is actually part of a project that I'm working at the moment.

[MartyG]

Hi Paulo,

The Minnowboard Max seems to use an Intel Atom "Bay Trail" series CPU.  This will not work with the F200 desktop camera.  Also, the R200 rear camera will support Intel Atom in the future, but the newer "Cherry Trail" series.  It seems unlikely then that RealSense would work with the Minnowboard Max.

[samontab]

Marty,

It depends on the level that you want to access the camera. If you just want the raw 3D data points, you can totally use it with an Intel Atom. It is the SDK that has those extra requirements.

I have used the RealSense camera with an Intel Atom (Asus T100, 32 bits Win8.1), and it works great using just the raw data. So, I assume the minnowboard max would work fine as well as long as you only get raw data and not use the full SDK (you can use 3rd party libraries).

Having said that, I guess he just wants to access the data into a raspberry pi 2, so that can totally be done through a dedicated PC that sends that data through the network.

[MartyG]

Yeah, I know some people have managed to access some of the simpler functions of the camera using non-recommended processor types.  That's why I always use words like "unlikely to work" instead of "won't work" in these situations.  Because nothing is impossible.  :)