Project 002 - Webcam Barcode Reader

In this post I will detail the steps to take  to automate barcode reading via an optical device ( webcam) .

Hardware:

1 ) Raspberry pi

2 ) Webcam

Steps :

1 ) Hook up your Webcam to your raspberry pi . The raspberry pi should already be loaded with the Raspbian O.S .

2 ) Download the ZBARCAM software (http://zbar.sourceforge.net/)  onto your raspberry pi by running the commands below  (Via the Terminal application on the pi ).

sudo apt-get install zbar-tools sudo apt-get install python-zbar sudo apt-get install libzbar0

3 ) Once the software has succesfully downloaded , run the  Code / Unix commands in the  CODE:  section of this post  to launch the software . 

Code / Unix Command : 

Sudo Zbarcam 

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