• DepthAI

  • Broken link for SDK documentation

I have been using the DepthAI API and learning how to build complex pipelines with it. After looking at some examples using the SDK, I am interested to look into the SDK since it seems to make life a lot easier. However, the SDK documentation does not provide enough details on how to use the PipelineManager, NNetManager, etc. In searching around in this forum, I came across a few links such as https://docs.luxonis.com/projects/sdk/en/latest/managers/preview_manager/. But these links all seem to be broken. Can someone please provide a pointer for the detailed documentation for the DepthAI SDK basic classes like FPSHandler, Previews, etc. and the SDK managers such as the PipelineManager, NNetManager, BlobManager, etc.? Thanks!

  • erik replied to this.

    Hi FrancisTse ,
    We apologize for this, we have recently completely refactored the old SDK (that used managers) in favor of the new SDK (which uses OakCamera object), as it is much simpler to work with. Is the any example/aplpication that old SDK supports and new one doesn't?
    Thanks, Erik

      Hello Erik,

      Thanks for your reply. Now I understand. Looks like use of the OakCamera object is a further improvement of the SDK. Perhaps, there should be a brief disclosure in the SDK documentation page about this change since there are many examples that still use the old manager.

      After looking over the latest SDK documentation with the OakCamera object, I do have some more questions:

      1. I got an import error when importing OakCamera from depthai_sdk. I could import the sdk managers. I probably have an older SDK. What is the best way to update the depthai SDK to the latest?
      2. Am I limited to using the models on the https://docs.luxonis.com/projects/sdk/en/latest/features/ai_models/ page? For example, if I want to use a human-pose model, am I out of luck?
      3. The SDK supported models do not show how many shaves they use. How can I find that out?
      4. The Components documentation talk about outputting different Packets. However, there are no details about the different Packets in the Reference section. Is there documentation available so that I can tell how to extract info from the Packets in my callback function?
      • erik replied to this.

        Hi FrancisTse ,

        1. pip install depthai-sdk -U - U for update
        2. No, you can use any model (eg. path/to/blob), those models will just "work" out-of-the-box
        3. The SDK will compile the model depending on the pipeline for optimal number of shave cores (which is available_cores/2)
        4. Will fix the documentation asap, sorry about that.

        Thanks, Erik