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Object block format

Excellent product!!
It has been stated that :

" Pixy sends block information to Arduino at 1 Mbits/second which means Pixy can send more than 6000 detected objects
per second or 135 detected objects per frame (Pixy processes at 50 frames per second.) "

By detecting 6000 object do you mean each detected object has a “block format” such as

Bytes 16-bit words Description

0, 1 0 sync (0xaa55)
2, 3 1 checksum (sum of all 16-bit words 2-6)
4, 5 2 signature number
6, 7 3 x center of object
8, 9 4 y center of object
10, 11 5 width of object
12, 13 6 height of object

which can be stored in the flash memory for later retrieval?

Are the 135 detected objects per frame also in Object block format?
Thank you for your time, I’m very new to programming.

Hello Alexander,

You are correct about the object block. Pixy sends an object block for each detected object for each frame. It sends the object block data through one of its serial ports (I2C, UART, or SPI.)

Hope this helps!