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Orbbec SDK

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Introduction

The Orbbec 3D camera product software development kit fully supports UVC, enabling driver-free plug-and-play. It provides both low-level and high-level APIs that are simple and easy to use, allowing developers to use it flexibly in different scenarios.

This main branch is based on Orbbec SDK v1 and it is compatible with Orbbec's original OpenNI protocol devices through built-in code, enabling developers to migrate to Orbbec SDK to support both new and old products with one set of code.

With the major update in a new branch v2-main in 2024 October, Orbbec SDK becomes open-source with enhanced flexibility and scalability. This update in v2-main ensures compatibility with all new Orbbec USB products that adhere to the UVC standard. However, Orbbec SDK v2 no longer supports Orbbec's legacy OpenNI protocol devices, which will continue to receive bug fixes support in the Orbbec SDK v1 branch. We encourage you to check out whether your devices is supported by Orbbec SDK v2 and use the new release if it is supported there.

If you are a user in China, it is recommended to use Gitee(gitee Repo).

What is included in the repository

  • library : Orbbec SDK core library files and C/C++ header files.
  • examples : C/C++ samples project source code.
  • doc : API reference documentation and sample documentation.
  • driver : Windows device driver for OpenNI protocol devices (Dabai, Dabai DCW, Dabai DW, Astra mini Pro, Astra Pro Plus, A1 Pro, Gemini E, Gemini E Lite, Gemini). While modules that use the standard UVC protocol do not need to install drivers.
  • scripts : Linux udev rules for resolving permission issues and Windows timestamp registration scripts for resolving timestamp and metadata issues.

license structure

The current software license structure is as follows

SdkLicenseDiagram

More information about the license of each module can be found in the license file.

Platform support

Operating system Requirement Description
Windows - Windows 10 April 2018 (version 1803, operating system build 17134) release (x64) or higher ,windows 11 The generation of the VS project depends on the installation of the VS version and the cmake version, and supports VS2015/vs2017/vs2019
Linux - Linux Ubuntu 16.04/18.04/20.04/22.04 (x64) Support GCC 7.5
Arm32 - Linux Ubuntu 16.04/18.04/20.04 Support GCC 7.5
Arm64 - Linux Ubuntu 18.04/20.04/22.04 Support GCC 7.5
MacOS - M series chip, 11.0 and above; Intel x86 chip, 10.15 and above. supported hardware products: Gemini 2, Gemini 2 L, Astra 2, Gemini 2 XL, Femto Mega, Gemini 330 series
  • Note: supported Arm platforms: NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin (arm64), NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX (arm64), NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano (arm64), NVIDIA Jetson AGX Xavier (arm64), NVIDIA Jetson Xavier NX (arm64), NVIDIA Jetson Nano (arm64), A311D (arm64), Raspberry Pi 4 (arm64), Raspberry Pi 3 (arm32), RK3399 (arm64), other Arm platforms, may need to Cross-compile.

Product support

Products List Firmware Version
Gemini 330 1.2.20
Gemini 330L 1.2.20
Gemini 336 1.2.20
Gemini 336L 1.2.20
Gemini 335 1.2.20
Gemini 335L 1.2.20
Gemini 336 1.2.20
Gemini 336L 1.2.20
Femto Bolt 1.0.6/1.0.9/1.1.2
Femto Mega 1.1.7/1.2.7/1.2.9
Femto Mega I 2.0.2
Gemini 2 XL Obox: V1.2.5 VL:1.4.54
Astra 2 2.8.20
Gemini 2 L 1.4.32
Gemini 2 1.4.60 /1.4.76
Astra+ 1.0.22/1.0.21/1.0.20/1.0.19
Femto 1.6.7
Femto W 1.1.8
DaBai 2436
DaBai DCW 2460
DaBai DW 2606
Astra Mini Pro 1007
Gemini E 3460
Gemini E Lite 3606
Gemini 3.0.18
Astra Mini S Pro 1.0.05
Gemini 215 1.0.9

OrbbecViewer

OrbbecViewer is a useful tool based on Orbbec SDK, that can be used to view the data stream from the Orbbec camera and control the camera. OrbbecViewer

Supported platforms: Windows x64, Linux x64 & ARM64, MacOS M series chip & Intel x86 chip

Download link: Releases

OrbbecViewer User Manual: OrbbecViewer User Manual

Getting started

Get source code

git clone https://github.com/orbbec/OrbbecSDK.git

Alternatively, you can install via binary packages, please refer to installation guidance for more information.

Environment setup

  • Linux:

If you installed via a debian package, you can skip the installation of the udev rules file. If not, please install it using the following commands:

cd OrbbecSDK/misc/scripts
sudo chmod +x ./install_udev_rules.sh
sudo ./install_udev_rules.sh
sudo udevadm control --reload && sudo udevadm trigger

Examples

The sample code is located in the ./examples directory and can be built using CMake.

Build

cd OrbbecSDK && mkdir build && cd build && cmake .. && cmake --build . --config Release

Run example

To connect your Orbbec camera to your PC, run the following steps:

cd OrbbecSDK/build/bin # build output dir
./OBMultiStream  # OBMultiStream.exe on Windows

Notes: On MacOS, sudo privileges are required.

# MacOS
cd OrbbecSDK/build/bin # build output dir
cp ../../lib/macOS/* . # copy lib to output dir
sudo ./OBMultiStream

The following image is the result of running MultiStream on the Gemini2 device. Other Devices run result maybe different.

Multistream

Notes: On the Linux/Arm platform ,this sample requires users to compile with Opencv4.2 or above,otherwise, it cannot be rendered.

Use Orbbec SDK in your CMake project

Find and link Orbbec SDK in your CMakeLists.txt file like this:

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1.15)
project(OrbbecSDKTest)

add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME} main.cpp)

# find Orbbec SDK
set(OrbbecSDK_DIR "/your/path/to/OrbbecSDK")
find_package(OrbbecSDK REQUIRED)

# link Orbbec SDK
target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} OrbbecSDK::OrbbecSDK)

Documents

Overview

Tutorials

API Reference

Multi Camera Sync

Frequently Asked Questions

No Data Stream from Multiple Cameras

Insufficient Power Supply:

  • Ensure that all cameras are not connected to the same hub.
  • Use a powered hub to provide sufficient power to each camera.

High Resolution:

  • Try lowering the resolution to resolve data stream issues.

Increase usbfs_memory_mb Value:

  • Increase the usbfs_memory_mb value to 128MB by running the following command:
    echo 128 | sudo tee /sys/module/usbcore/parameters/usbfs_memory_mb
  • For making this change permanent, check this link.

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