The Raspberry Pi 4, with its enhanced performance and connectivity features, offers a myriad of possibilities for DIY enthusiasts and developers. One such application is turning this compact computer into a fully functional barcode scanner. In this article, we’ll guide you through the process of setting up a barcode scanner...

Raspberry Pi is a versatile tool, especially in industrial settings. Imagine transforming it into a barcode scanner using just a camera. This guide is tailored for developers eager to craft Node.js barcode reader apps for IoT gadgets. Dive in to explore the power of Dynamsoft’s barcode SDK for ARM, and...

Raspberry Pi is an affordable single-board computer often chosen by developers for cost-effective IoT solutions, such as barcode and QR code scanning. It’s important to note that the CPU clock speed influences the decoding speed and accuracy. Dynamsoft Barcode Reader SDK, compatible with Raspberry Pi, excels in decoding multiple and...

Since version 16.1, Dynamic Web TWAIN (DWT) has added a remote scan feature. If there is a device running a background scanning service (Dynamic Web TWAIN Service), other devices can access it via an Intranet along with a proxy service to use scanners connected to that device, which makes it...

Qt Designer is a powerful tool for creating cross-platform graphical user interfaces (GUIs) using Qt widgets. In this guide, we’ll use Qt Designer to develop an advanced GUI for a Python-based barcode and QR code reader, leveraging the Dynamsoft Python Barcode SDK. This application will be compatible with Windows, Linux,...

If you’re aiming to develop a cross-platform GUI application using Python and Qt, your primary options are PyQt and PySide. Both offer Qt bindings for Python, but they differ mainly in licensing: PyQt5 requires either a GPL or a commercial license, while PySide6 is licensed under LGPL, making it more...

LEGO Wedo 2.0 is a fantastic starting point for learning robotics. I developed a simple GUI application to control the LEGO motor using Python, and in this article, I’ll share my journey of selecting the development environment and building the Python app. Learning Resources During my initial research, I came...

For the past week, I was looking for a live streaming solution to broadcast video from a USB webcam that connects to Raspberry Pi. This post will help you set up a live streaming server on Raspberry Pi step by step. Installing FFmpeg on Raspberry Pi My first try was to...

Raspbian is a free operating system based on Debian. It is the recommended operating system for Raspberry Pi. If you do not have a Raspberry Pi, you can experience Raspbian by running the OS image in the emulator - QEMU. In this article, I want to share how to resize...

Learn how to effortlessly set up a C/C++ barcode and QR code reader for Raspberry Pi using the Dynamsoft Barcode Reader SDK. This guide is optimized for Raspberry Pi 4 but is compatible with both ARM32 and ARM64 Raspberry Pi OS. This article is Part 1 in a 16-Part Series....

Previously, I wrote an article Raspberry Pi Barcode Scanner with Webcam and Python illustrating how to build a simple barcode scanner using Dynamsoft Barcode Reader SDK and OpenCV from scratch. The method decodeFile() was used for detecting barcodes from an image file. To use the API, you have to write...

Dynamsoft Barcode Reader C++ SDK is available for Windows, Linux, and Mac (iOS and Android editions are coming soon). I have shared an article that illustrates how to build webcam barcode reader in Python. In this tutorial, I’ll use a different C++ API to implement barcode scanner applications for Windows...

During Build 2016, Microsoft released a Visual Studio C++ extension for Linux. With the extension, you can use Visual Studio to write C++ code for Linux devices. In this post, let’s take a glimpse of how to install the extension and how to remotely build and debug C/C++ code for...

Raspberry Pi 3 has been released for a while. The new RPi device added Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. More and more students and developers tend to study and work using Raspberry Pi, which supported by Windows and Linux. If flashing Windows 10 IoT core on Raspberry Pi, you can build IoT...