Open MV camera not working UART

OpenMV Boards
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I want the camera to find for example blue but only if there is 1 send on UART from arduino and when is 0 then yellow also via UART from arduino but the code i have is not working because the camera after 2 seconds just stops.
Any suggestions.
Thank you.
Here is the code:


import sensor, image, time
import math
from pyb import UART

# Set the camera resolution
sensor.reset()
sensor.set_pixformat(sensor.RGB565)
sensor.set_framesize(sensor.QVGA)
sensor.skip_frames(time=2000)

# Define the color thresholds for blue and yellow
blue_threshold = (0, 100, -128, 127, -128, 127)  # Modify these values as needed
yellow_threshold = (-20, 50, 15, 85, -105, -30)  # Modify these values as needed

# Initialize UART
uart = UART(3, 9600)  # Assuming UART3 and baudrate of 9600

# Function to read UART without blocking
def read_uart():
    if uart.any():
        return uart.readchar()
    return None

# Main loop
while True:
    # Read the signal from Arduino
    signal = read_uart()
    if signal is not None:
        if signal == b'1':  # If Arduino sends '1', find blue
            img = sensor.snapshot()

            # Find blue objects
            blue_blobs = img.find_blobs([blue_threshold])
            if blue_blobs:
                blue_blob = max(blue_blobs, key=lambda b: b.pixels())
                blue_x, blue_y, blue_width, blue_height = blue_blob.rect()

                # Calculate the center of the blue object
                blue_center_x = blue_x + blue_width // 2
                blue_center_y = blue_y + blue_height // 2

                # Draw a rectangle around the blue object
                img.draw_rectangle(blue_blob.rect(), color=(255, 0, 0))

                # Draw a cross at the center of the blue object
                img.draw_cross(blue_center_x, blue_center_y, color=(0, 255, 0))

                print("Blue Object Center - X:", blue_center_x, " Y:", blue_center_y)

        elif signal == b'0':  # If Arduino sends '0', find yellow
            img = sensor.snapshot()

            # Find yellow objects
            yellow_blobs = img.find_blobs([yellow_threshold])
            if yellow_blobs:
                yellow_blob = max(yellow_blobs, key=lambda b: b.pixels())
                yellow_x, yellow_y, yellow_width, yellow_height = yellow_blob.rect()

                # Calculate the center of the yellow object
                yellow_center_x = yellow_x + yellow_width // 2
                yellow_center_y = yellow_y + yellow_height // 2

                # Draw a rectangle around the yellow object
                img.draw_rectangle(yellow_blob.rect(), color=(255, 0, 0))

                # Draw a cross at the center of the yellow object
                img.draw_cross(yellow_center_x, yellow_center_y, color=(0, 255, 0))

                print("Yellow Object Center - X:", yellow_center_x, " Y:", yellow_center_y)

        else:
            print("Invalid signal received from Arduino")

    # Main camera processing loop can go here
    # Add your camera processing logic here
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Hi, that’s because it’s waiting on a character from the Arduino.

Please verify that you’ve wired the Arduino’s TX into P5 on the OpenMV Cam and that both devices share a common ground.

The code looks good otherwise.