qhyccd-capture

Project Introduction

qhyccd-capture is a basic operation library for handling QHYCCD series cameras. This library provides functionalities to interact with QHYCCD cameras, including camera connection, parameter setting, image capture, and display. This project is a [napari] plugin, aimed at simplifying the use of the camera through a graphical user interface.

Features

• Camera Connection: Supports loading the corresponding QHYCCD dynamic link libraries on different operating systems (such as Windows, Linux, macOS) and initializing camera resources.
• Parameter Setting: Provides the functionality to set camera parameters, such as exposure time, gain, offset, USB bandwidth, etc.
• Image Capture: Supports single-frame mode exposure and retrieves image data.
• Image Display: Displays captured images through napari, supports distributed display, single display, and sequence display modes.
• Histogram and White Balance: Provides histogram equalization and white balance adjustment functions.
• ROI (Region of Interest): Supports creating and applying ROIs to operate on specific areas.
• Video Recording: Supports video recording and saves in various video formats.
• Temperature Control: Supports temperature control and displays temperature.
• CFW Control: Supports CFW control and displays CFW status.
• Star Point Resolution: Supports star point resolution and displays the results.

Installation

You can install via pip:

pip install qhyccd-capture

To install the latest development version:

pip install git+https://github.com/nightliar-L/qhyccd-capture.git

Dependency Installation

Astrometry.net

Currently, astrometry.net only supports the Ubuntu system.

sudo apt-get install astrometry.net
sudo apt-get install astrometry-data-tycho2
sudo vim ~/.bashrc
# Add the following content
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/astrometry/bin

Version Changes

• 2024-10-23 Version 0.0.1 Initial version
• 2024-10-24 Version 0.0.2 Fixed some issues introduced by the release
• 2024-10-24 Version 0.0.3 Optimized some functions and processing logic

Contributing

Contributions are very welcome. Tests can be run with [tox], please ensure the coverage at least stays the same before you submit a pull request.

License

Distributed under the terms of the [BSD-3] license, "qhyccd-capture" is free and open source software