Teach Pixy an object
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3 | 2 | Rich LeGrand | Teaching Pixy an object is super easy, but first let's talk about which objects will work well with Pixy. Pixy uses a hue-based color filtering |
4 | 2 | Rich LeGrand | algorithm to detect objects. Since Pixy uses hue (color) the object needs to have a distinct hue. Here are some objects that are good because |
5 | 2 | Rich LeGrand | they have good, distrinct hues. |
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10 | 2 | Rich LeGrand | Here are some bad objects because either there is no hue (black, white or gray) or the hue is not distinct. |
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16 | 2 | Rich LeGrand | Keeping these guidelines in mind, choose an object to teach Pixy. Start by applying power to Pixy via battery or USB cable. Hold down the |
17 | 2 | Rich LeGrand | button on top of Pixy. As you hold the button down, the indicator LED will turn on, first white, then red, |
18 | 2 | Rich LeGrand | then other colors, but when it turns red, release the button. When you release |