ESP32 Cam WiFi/Bluetooth Dev Board with OV2640 Camera

Features

• 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi
• Bluetooth 4.2 with BLE
• UART, SPI, I2C and PWM interfaces
• Clock speed up to 160 MHz
• Computing power up to 600 DMIPS
• 520 KB SRAM plus 4 MB PSRAM
• Supports WiFi Image Upload
• Multiple Sleep modes
• Firmware Over the Air (FOTA) upgrades possible
• 9 GPIO ports
• Built-in Flash LED

Specifications

• 2 Megapixel sensor
• Array size UXGA 1622×1200
• Output formats include YUV422, YUV420, RGB565, RGB555 and 8-bit compressed data
• Image transfer rate of 15 to 60 fps

Uploading via Arduino IDE

• Settings
  • Board definitions
    • https://dl.espressif.com/dl/package_esp32_index.json
  • Board: AI Thinker ESP32-Cam
  • CPU Frequency: 240MHz
  • Flash Frequency: 80MHz
  • Flash Mode: QIO
• Using ESP32-CAM-MB
  • Method #1
    1. Mount ESP32 Cam on ESP32-CAM-MB board
    2. Ensure USB cable is disconnected
    3. Press and hold download/upload button on the MB (don’t release until upload is completed)
    4. Connect USB cable
    5. Click on the Arduino IDE upload button to start the upload
    6. When the upload is complete, release the download/upload button on the MB
  • Method #2
    • Mount ESP32 Cam on ESP32-CAM-MB board
    • Connect the USB upload cable to power up
    • Press and hold the download/upload button on the MB
    • While the MB download/upload button is pressed, press and release the reset button on the ESP32 Cam (not the MB reset button)
    • Release the MB download/upload button
    • Click on the Arduino IDE upload button to start the upload
    • When the upload is complete, press the ESP32 Cam reset button to restart the ESP32.