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Hi,

I love Pure basic, and for a Live Cell Microscope prototype I used it with OpenCV, but now I can't port it to other Systems, i used a Windows version for Pure Basic.
My problem was and is that Pure basic is not able to do Webcams, Video Devices but in Hardware accelerated way for High resolutions, and all that brings the Open Source OpenCV, with AI Support too, like Image recognition in Real-time with Cuda.
Yes after now 6 Years I'm still in Prototype phase (It needs more Money, and I need more time), but the Hardware and the Software is fully working already, but if I could compile it for Raspberry Pi it would go in a better direction. Now a Windows Tablet controls the Microscope, and this is much more expensive than the Prototype . My dream is to give the basic research for cancer a very cheap Instrument, where they can make more experiments at the same Time, because the Hardware is cheap.

It would add so many additional Features to Pure basic amazing

https://opencv.org/

If you want to see what the Microscope can do with a Production cost off 250 USD, here is my link, no offer for selling is there, still a Prototype.

https://wedekind-systems.com/wedekind-microscope

And Pure basic made all this happens, with Threads too, thanks. And maybe in some Years I will revolutionize the basic research with very sheep device.

I was working for 6 years in the Institute of Medical Radiation Biology in a German City, as the Head for IT, with the order to migrate and support the Science Workers with new Ideas and new Software Ideas. To speed up their work, with this came the Idea for an extremely cheap Live Cell Microscope.

Please Integrate OpenCV.

Thx

I guess this won't happen, since this is Windows specific and already partly done (see JHPJHPs homepage: https://www.mypurebasicstuff.com/).

+1, yes the OpenCV would be nice to integrate in PB but it will takes a lot of works, if Fred agreed to have done for this stuff

@jacdelad : I don't see the download from his website for OpenCV ? Do you have tested it ?

Yes, and you need to pay an obolus for this. Because, lots of work and such. Contact JHPJHP, he's very helpful.

But it will get more difficult in the future:

In the coming version 5.x they removed the C-API

https://github.com/opencv/opencv/wiki/O ... on50-alpha
https://github.com/opencv/opencv/wiki/O ... cv-cleanup

They switch totally to a C++API

As far as I know JHPJHP supported version 2 and 3.
I don't know if he also included version 4 in his wrapper.

xxfreshman wrote: Wed Apr 30, 2025 10:21 pm ....
Now a Windows Tablet controls the Microscope, and this is much more expensive than the Prototype . My dream is to give the basic research for cancer a very cheap Instrument, where they can make more experiments at the same Time, because the Hardware is cheap.
...

I bought a 'refurbished' Windows Go tablet on Amazon 3 years ago for about $200 US, and it's still working like a charm. I just checked and they are still available.. so I doubt that a Raspberry system will be that much cheaper.
I've also purchased a 7" and an 8" Windows tablets from eBay at substantially less than that... both are great little machines.

Just seeing this now...

If there is still interest, send me a PM and I'll provide a download link.

My website and forum, while still online have been shut down for the better part of a year.

When time permits, I'll reopen my website for downloading; no obolus required

Very generous.
Bummer about dropping C.
Do you plan to carry on with the latest versions being C++ only?

Hi skywalk,

I only went as far as versions 2.4.13.6 and 3.4.1 (world build).

I don't have any plans with OpenCV beside using the current framework for some fun future projects.

For me it's still very relevant, and the basic framework is as powerful as it ever was.

Yes, I agree. The tesseract OCR functionality is of interest to me.

Hi skywalk,

Let me know if I can be of any help, even if that's only a link to some downloads.

Note: Over the years there have been various updates to numerous examples.

Thanks, I will.
You are quite prolific!
And I learned a new word from you.
Obolus is such a gem, I never came across till now.

Hi skywalk,

I'd like to take credit for using Obolus but I was only parroting a post from jacdelad...

... speaking of which:

jacdelad wrote:I guess this won't happen, since this is Windows specific and already partly done...

OpenCV is multiplatform and the latest release is 4.11.0.

PB Interface to OpenCV: v2.4.13.6
• All available API functions were interfaced for the following supported platforms: Windows, Linux and MacOS.

To give credit where credit is due:
• AAT was instrumental with the Windows conversion and wilbert was instrumental with the Linux and MacOS conversions.

Oh, didn't know.

Hi, JHPJHP.
I can't send you a PM. How do I do this?