Author chatgpt: for tests

pylibcamera.py

import pylibcamera as plc

# Initialize the CameraManager
camera_manager = plc.CameraManager()
camera_manager.start()

# List available cameras
cameras = camera_manager.cameras
for i, camera in enumerate(cameras):
    print(f"Camera {i}: {camera}")

# Open the first camera
camera = cameras[0]
camera.acquire()

# Configure the camera
config = camera.generate_configuration([plc.StreamRole.Viewfinder])
config['size'] = (640, 480)
camera.configure(config)

# Allocate buffers
allocator = plc.FrameBufferAllocator(camera)
for stream in config:
    allocator.allocate(stream)

# Start the camera
camera.start()

# Capture an image
request = camera.create_request()
buffer = allocator.get_buffers(config[0])[0]
request.add_buffer(config[0], buffer)
camera.queue_request(request)

# Wait for the request to complete
completed_request = camera.get_next_completed_request()
if completed_request.status == plc.RequestStatus.Complete:
    buffer = completed_request.get_buffer(config[0])
    with open("output.raw", "wb") as f:
        f.write(buffer.get_data())

# Clean up
camera.stop()
camera.release()
camera_manager.stop()