So I settled for each pole to hold 3 Raspberry Pies cameras. Most programs that turn images into a 3D model need the images to be shoot from different angles. So after some testing, I went with an "individual pole" design. I initially did some testing with a big round circle I made out of wood, but this was really impractical to work with and hard to walk in and out of. So I first needed a rig to hold the Raspberry Pies. Can't wait to receive the printed model from shapeways :-) This allows me to shoot the images with no shadow. It was made using 47 Raspberries and using my new softboxes with permanent lights. I finally was able to make a scan of my little son Hugo (2years old).
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I have included a photo of Britt (the model in the video) being printed in full color by shapeways. So you DO NOT need 40 cameras, especially not if you just want to catch just the front of a persons face. Led Strips and a powerful 12v power supply to power them onĪs I am an impatient person I did not build the whole setup at once, I started of with 12 cameras, and was already seriously impressed with the results. 1 single 60A 5v power supply to power all the raspberry Pies 40 Raspberry Pies for this project and 40 PI cameras. A "fairly" affordable module, that already is ethernet connected, so I could do the triggering of the cameras using the network and an easy way to download all the images to a centralized place. Then I noticed the Raspberry PI and PI camera combination. But then I would have all the images on many separate SD cards and I was not able to find a cheap good digital camera.
If I could find a cheap model, I probably could make an automated trigger system using arduinos. So I first started to research what cheap digital cameras exists. I knew I had to come up with a way to instantly take many images at the same time. well I think it would be easier for me to invent a spaceship that can fly to mars then inventing a solution for my 2-year old son to sit still :-( So none of those solutions where going to work. I found a lot of solutions out there, but the problem with most of them is that the subject would have to sit still for a while.
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I wanted to be able to make a 3d model of my kids and started investigating how to build a 3d scanner.
I am a big Arduino and Raspberry PI fan and also love 3D printing. UPDATE: Check out step 8 for the latest version of my scanner and a download link for the python scripts.