IDS Camera Timelapse + Live Segmentation

This project enables long-duration timelapse imaging (72 hours) using a monochrome IDS camera with auto-exposure, image saving, and pause/resume support.

Features

• Capture 1 image every 15 minutes for 72 hours
• Auto-exposure with IDS peak API
• Saves images with timestamped filenames
• Pause/resume using flag files
• Ready for integration with Cellpose for live segmentation

Setup Instructions for IDS Timelapse Imaging

Hardware Requirements

• IDS uEye+ monochrome camera (e.g., UI-3060CP-M-GL Rev.2 or similar)
• USB 3.0 port with proper power
• Computer with Python ≥ 3.8

Software Requirements

1. IDS peak SDK (Camera Driver)

• Download: https://en.ids-imaging.com/download-ueye.html
• Install the IDS peak SDK for your operating system.
• Ensure the camera is recognized via IDS Peak Cockpit before using Python.

2. Python Environment

We recommend using a virtual environment:

python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate  # or venv\Scripts\activate on Windows
pip install -r requirements.txt
pip install notebook

It is also suggested to make a custom jupyter kernel for the environment, which might be useful at some point

License

MIT