epc-tofcam-toolkit 0.7.0

Toolkit for ESPROS TOFcam's

ESPROS TOFcam Toolkit

The ESPROS TOFcam Toolkit is designed to control and visualize ESPROS TOFcam devices. It provides python modules for most TOFcam modules and GUI applications for interactive control and visualization.

Website: https://www.espros.com
Products: https://www.digikey.com/en/supplier-centers/espros
Documentation: https://epc-tofcam-toolkit.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
Source code: https://github.com/espros/epc-tofcam-toolkit

Quick-start

To install the toolkit include all necessary dependencies for the graphical user interface, install the package using the [gui] extra:

pip install epc-tofcam-toolkit[gui]

Connect and startup the camera. Then simply run the gui with:

tofcam660
tofcam635
tofcam611
tofrange611

• TOFcam660 will try to connect to ip-address 10.10.31.180
• TOFcam635 will try to find the com port automatically
• TOFcam611 will try to find the com port automatically

You can also manually specify the communication port

tofcam660 --ip 10.10.31.180
tofcam635 --port COM3
tofcam611 --port COM3
tofrange611 --port COM3

Installation for development

Clone this repository and cd into it.

1. Create and activate a virtual environment

python -m venv .venv

# linux / macOS
source .venv/bin/activate

# windows
.\.venv\Scripts\activate

2. Install modules and dependencies

All dependencies are managed using the pyproject.toml and installed via pip. Choose the install option that fits your use case:

Option A — Core API:

Install only the epc-tofcam-toolkit API and dependencies to control the camera.

pip install -e .

Option B — Core API & Full development environment inlcuding the GUI:

pip install --editable ".[dev,gui,doc]"

Installs the full development environment and all dependency groups:

Group	Purpose
gui	Required to run the GUI applications
dev	Required for testing and type checking
doc	Required for compiling documentation