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Visy Vision System design

Robot / hardware build

Raspberry Pi 3/Camera V2 vision enclosure and holder design reference with historical ROS-system documentation. [1] [2] [4]

Build & first use →Official websiteUpstream build guide

For
Robotics developers with electronics/CAD and configuration expertise [1] [2] [4]
Cost
No current cost or bill of materials established yet.
Source rights
Named licenses are documented by part. Includes noncommercial terms. Review licenses
Unknowns
host computer, tools, operating system not fully established. Review gaps

Source researched · Not tested by us
Sources checked · Research details

Licenses & related hardware
License
CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0 (noncommercial) · Details by part

Requirements · Research details and dates

On this page

Overview

Visy is a Raspberry Pi 3 and Camera V2 vision-system design with a case, holder and historical software-system documentation. The README describes illumination, a status bar and a 3.5-inch touchscreen, with ROS packages supporting the application. This entry is a narrow physical-design/documentation reference; it does not establish that a complete current vision application can be rebuilt from this repository. [1]

Is this for you?

Known limitations
  • CC-BY-NC-SA4 noncommercial source restriction.
  • Selected 39 node tree does not establish ROS application sources; external system image is not inspected source.
  • Pi4/Focal/Noetic/neural detector changes are listed future work, not reviewed features.

Editorial assessment of bounded source evidence; no runtime, fit, manufacturing or compatibility proof.

[1] [2] [4] · Editorial assessment

What you need

Dependencies
  • Raspberry Pi 3, Camera V2, 3.5 inch display and illumination parts selected against exact enclosure
  • Historical Ubuntu 16.04/ROS Kinetic image route; external image not retrieved

[1] [2] [4]

Hardware & parts

Hardware configuration

Raspberry Pi 3/Camera V2 vision enclosure and holder design reference with historical ROS-system documentation.

Editorial assessment of bounded source evidence; no runtime, fit, manufacturing or compatibility proof.

[1] [2] [4] · Editorial assessment

Actuators
  • No complete actuator contribution; component/design reference used with separate robot hardware

[1] [2] [4]

Assembly & first use

Open the upstream getting-started guide [1] [2] [4]

  • Inspect 3 mm holder DXF entities and selected Pi 3/Camera V2 mounting.
  • Reconcile full case/IO/BOM and historical OS/application availability before fabrication or imaging.

Editorial assessment of bounded source evidence; no runtime, fit, manufacturing or compatibility proof.

[1] [2] [4] · Editorial assessment

Cost

No current, complete configuration-specific build cost has been established for this profile.

3D preview

Preview not available yet. No hosted preview has been prepared for the configuration described in this profile. Inspect the linked sources and their reuse terms; a manufacturing-ready assembly has not been established by this preview status.

Model sources

No hosted preview has been prepared for the configuration described in this profile. Inspect the linked sources and their reuse terms; a manufacturing-ready assembly has not been established by this preview status.

Project notes

Begin with the inspected physical artifact

The original holder_link_3mm.dxf was retrieved and matched to its pinned Git identity. Its text contains actual line, arc and circle entities: twelve lines, eight arcs and one circle in the bounded inspection. This is a real two-dimensional holder design, not native parametric CAD, a verified enclosure assembly or evidence of fit with another Raspberry Pi revision. [4]

The README says the three-part enclosure was designed for Pi 3. It lists Pi 4 case changes, Ubuntu Focal, ROS Noetic and neural-detector updates as future work. Those are not implemented features established by this review. Match the selected holder, camera, display and case geometry before selecting fabrication or assuming support for a newer board. No native CAD/mesh load, print, laser cut or assembly was performed. [1]

Keep the historical system image separate from application source

The documented image uses Ubuntu 16.04 LXDE and ROS Kinetic with preconfigured workspace, services and display driver. The externally hosted image was not retrieved or booted, and the selected repository tree does not establish the ROS application implementations. A system-image download link is not equivalent to inspected source for all packages. [1]

The README links package sources and explains selecting services, including the coupling between detector shutdown and camera availability. It also warns that its update route fetches current master branches and hard-resets package data. Inspect the actual package revisions and preserve any local work before considering that historical workflow; none of those updates or service operations was run here. [1]

A useful next step is therefore the matched Pi 3 mechanical configuration, followed by inspection of the linked parts/wiki and individual package sources. Those external sources were not fully reviewed in this entry, so no complete current BOM, reproducible software installation or working detection/sorting task is claimed. No camera acquisition, touchscreen, illumination or robot-control test was performed. [1] [4]

The project declares CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0, with noncommercial and share-alike restrictions. That is source-available material, not an unrestricted open-hardware grant or permission over unrelated vendor parts and external media. Fabrication, electronics, display, host storage, tools, delivery and tax were not reconciled into a current complete price. [1] [2]

What we checked

Pinned source and selected artifact structure review only; no dependency installation, upstream build, native CAD/kernel/fit/strength validation, fabrication, wiring, calibration, simulation, powered operation or performance testing. Original archives stay private.

Not yet established

  • Requirements: operating system, host computer, tools

Updates

Upstream last updated
Not established
Latest release
Not established
Profile updated
Nov 1, 2026
Sources last checked
Nov 1, 2026
Next review
Dec 1, 2026
Reviewed revision
aa7eddf

Source files and licenses

Distinct inspectable robotics design reference with bounded initial inspection route; limitations/rights explicit.

LayerAvailability / license
mechanical designavailable · CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0
Inspected actual2DholderDXF; not full enclosure fit or commercial reuse. [4] [2]
documentationavailable · CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0
Noncommercial project notice; linkedexternalmedia/applicationassets separate. [1] [2]

Outside the selected contribution; no separate released layer claimed.

References

Each source links to the exact revision we read. “Used for” shows where this page relies on it.

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