[sane-devel] LiDE700F development - Snoopy Log

[Brian Paavo]

G'day SANE folks,

I'm nearly finished with the 2nd version of an underwater environmental 
monitoring device which has grown out of my PhD research.  I built a 
previous version using Windows, but found proprietary problems 
interfered with field use and custom user (student) development.   In 
cooperation with my makerspace friends (project info 
http://dspace.org.nz/2012/04/14/sediment-profile-imaging-spi-scan-project/) 
we are making the electronic systems (Arduino based) and software open 
to reciprocate the benefits we've received from the open-source 
community.  The system relies on a modified flatbed scanner 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sediment_Profile_Imagery).  Our new system 
is based on the Canoscan LiDE700F for a bunch of mechanical reasons and 
we desperately need a driver to operate it from a Raspberry Pi 
(typically a Fedora distro, but others possible).

I've used SnoopyPro 0.22 to log the USB packets while restarting the 
device, previewing the platen, scanning in colour of a 216.0x280.4 mm 
area, then a grey-scale scan.   I'll put it in the SANEDriverDevelopment 
folder of our github repo, (DspaceSPI/SPIScan.git)

This is primarily a research programme, but there is some market (still 
open though) potential if I can provide and incentives to a 
driver-developers.  Can you help me locate interested people?  I"m happy 
to put in whatever grunt work I can, but driver development is new to me.

Cheers,
Brian

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Brian Paavo, PhD
Benthic Science Limited
595 Brighton Road
Westwood, Dunedin
New Zealand  9035
http://www.benthicscience.com/
Telephone/Fax +64-03-481-7899
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