The EyeWriter 2.0

Step 4 Software - Camera & Arduino

We will also need to install two additional pieces of hardware. Macam will allow our PS3 eye camera to talk to our computer and the Arduino software will permit our physical hardware to communicate with our software.

Installing PS Eye drivers

For Mac:

• Macam is a driver for USB webcams on Mac OS X. It allows hundreds of USB webcams to be used by many Mac OS X video-aware applications. Since we are using a PS3 camera, this software will allow our computers to recognize the hardware.
   
• Download the Macam driver from SourceForge. http://sourceforge.net/projects/webcam-osx/files/cvs-build/2009-09-25/macam-cvs-build-2009-09-25.zip/download
   
• After download is complete, unzip the file and place the macam.component file into your hard drives /Library/Quicktime/ folder.
   

For PC:

• download the CL-Eye-Driver:http://codelaboratories.com/downloads/

Arduino

• Arduino is a tool for the design and development of embedded computer systems, consisting of a simple open hardware design for a single-board microcontroller, with embedded I/O support and a standard programming language
   
• Download and install the Arduino software. http://arduino.cc/en/Main/Software
   
• Follow the Getting Started tips if you're unfamiliar with the Arduino environment. http://arduino.cc/en/Guide/HomePage