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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 (Dynamsoft Service), other devices can access it via an Intranet along with a proxy service to use scanners connected to that device, which makes it convenient to...

Qt Designer is a Qt tool for building cross-platform graphical user interfaces (GUIs) with Qt widgets. In this article, I will use the Qt designer to create an advanced GUI Python barcode and QR code reader with Dynamsoft Python Barcode SDK for Windows, Linux, macOS, and Raspberry Pi OS. The...

If you’re looking to build a cross-platform GUI app using Python and Qt, you have two primary options: PyQt and PySide. Both serve as Qt bindings for Python. Their primary distinction lies in their licensing: PyQt5 is available under the GPL or a commercial license, while PySide2 uses the LGPL....

LEGO Wedo 2.0 is a good start for learning robotics. I created a simple GUI app controlling the LEGO motor using Python. In this article, I will share my experience in how to select the development environment and how to build the Python app. Learning Resources When I searched for...

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. About Dynamsoft Barcode Reader SDK Support for ARM32 and...

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...