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ROS 2 Camera and OpenCV Extension

Connect the CSI camera, publish images and process a first frame with OpenCV.

Goal

Connect the CSI camera, publish images and process a first frame with OpenCV.

Procedure

  1. Enable and test the camera interface.
  2. Launch the ROS image publisher.
  3. View the image topic.
  4. Subscribe in Python and run a basic OpenCV operation.

Verification

Record the command output, confirm the expected ROS 2 topic or behaviour, and resolve power, TF and device-permission errors before continuing.

// partsUsed in this tutorial

CAM-IMX219-001
ROS 2 Wide-Angle Camera Module
Sensor
SBC-PI5-008
Raspberry Pi 5 ROS 2 Host (8GB)
Controller