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Yes it is! This was the first ESPHome device I’ve used and I spent a long time flashing and re-flashing thinking there was a problem when it wouldn’t connect.
Have you found one and tried it? I had a quick search on aliexpress but probably had the wrong search search words as I found nothing
Basically you are looking for a U-FL connector and something that works for 2.4GHz.
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I have not really used it much I got it as it was cheap to play with.
The only thing I changed from default was 8 FPS.
This is a screen grab from it.
What’s max reliable frame rate ?
I have not tried it above 8 FPS as that would be ample for what I need such as a door bell. I run quite a few cameras for watching wildlife in the garden they are not connected to HA but are all running at 8 FPS and I get quite good results.
Hi, I installed the cam correctly and wanted to know if can turn it on and off and what is the procedure from Home Assitant. Thank you
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my cam, when it arrived it had the protective plastic on the lens, did you look?
that was it 
thanks!
now works fine, running it 800x600.
My camera also came with a small heatsink which i put on esp32 chip.
Currently running @ 10fps streaming, 0.1fps loading and had no issue: I must admit I never used “streaming” for more than 30-40s though
The current requirements are large and difficult to meet with a battery.
My esp32-cam runs hot to the touch. Perhaps with solar charging?
My esp32 cam arrived, unfortunately its not the ai thinker mode. I managed to flash it with FTL232 and my laptop, and ESPHOMEFLASHER, everything went well,
With 3,3 V does not connect to WiFi, with 5V yes, but I have this error
[E][esp32_camera:092]: Setup Failed: ERROR
The flash and the LED works fine but the camera shows nothing
Any clue?
esphome:
name: cam
platform: ESP32
board: esp32dev
wifi:
ssid: "xxxx"
password: "xxxx"
manual_ip:
static_ip: 192.168.1.21
gateway: 192.168.1.253
subnet: 255.255.255.0
# Enable logging
logger:
# Enable Home Assistant API
api:
ota:
esp32_camera:
name: My Camera
external_clock:
pin: GPIO27
frequency: 20MHz
i2c_pins:
sda: GPIO25
scl: GPIO23
data_pins: [GPIO17, GPIO35, GPIO34, GPIO5, GPIO39, GPIO18, GPIO36, GPIO19]
vsync_pin: GPIO22
href_pin: GPIO26
pixel_clock_pin: GPIO21
reset_pin: GPIO15
resolution: 640x480
jpeg_quality: 10
output:
#flashlight
- platform: gpio
pin: GPIO4
id: gpio_4
#statuslight
- platform: gpio
pin:
number: GPIO33
inverted: True
id: gpio_33
light:
#flashlight
- platform: binary
output: gpio_4
name: $hostname flash
#statuslight
- platform: binary
output: gpio_33
name: $hostname status
I changed to these values but same error
external_clock:
pin: GPIO0
frequency: 20MHz
i2c_pins:
sda: GPIO26
scl: GPIO27
data_pins: [GPIO5, GPIO18, GPIO19, GPIO21, GPIO36, GPIO39, GPIO34, GPIO35]
vsync_pin: GPIO25
href_pin: GPIO23
pixel_clock_pin: GPIO22
power_down_pin: GPIO32
Is there any documentation on which pins are connected to what?
Finally I managed with the below code to not have any errors … everything works … but no cmera stream
esp32_camera:
name: My Camera
external_clock:
pin: GPIO0
frequency: 20MHz
i2c_pins:
sda: GPIO26
scl: GPIO27
data_pins: [GPIO35, GPIO34, GPIO39, GPIO36, GPIO19, GPIO21, GPIO5, GPIO18]
vsync_pin: GPIO25
href_pin: GPIO23
pixel_clock_pin: GPIO22
power_down_pin: GPIO32
This in lovelace
- id: camera_esp
type: picture-entity
title: Cam
show_header_toggle: false
aspect_ratio: 16x9
entity: camera.my_camera
camera_view: live
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Log seems ok to me. Does ESPHome store the JPG somewhere, where I can check if they are produced or not?
[09:26:59][I][application:097]: esphome-core version 1.12.2 compiled on May 29 2019, 21:35:27
[09:26:59][C][wifi:371]: WiFi:
[09:26:59][C][wifi:253]: SSID: [redacted]
[09:26:59][C][wifi:254]: IP Address: 192.168.1.211
[09:26:59][C][wifi:256]: BSSID: [redacted]
[09:26:59][C][wifi:257]: Hostname: 'cam'
[09:26:59][C][wifi:261]: Signal strength: -72 dB ▂▄▆█
[09:26:59][C][wifi:262]: Channel: 6
[09:26:59][C][wifi:263]: Subnet: 255.255.255.0
[09:26:59][C][wifi:264]: Gateway: 192.168.1.253
[09:26:59][C][wifi:265]: DNS1: 1.1.1.1
[09:26:59][C][wifi:266]: DNS2: 1.0.0.1
[09:26:59][C][output.gpio:025]: GPIO Binary Output:
[09:26:59][C][output.gpio:026]: Pin: GPIO4 (Mode: OUTPUT)
[09:26:59][C][output.gpio:025]: GPIO Binary Output:
[09:26:59][C][output.gpio:026]: Pin: GPIO33 (Mode: OUTPUT, INVERTED)
[09:26:59][C][logger:142]: Logger:
[09:26:59][C][logger:143]: Level: DEBUG
[09:26:59][C][logger:144]: Log Baud Rate: 115200
[09:26:59][C][logger:145]: Hardware UART: UART0
[09:26:59][C][light.state:225]: Light 'Cam flash'
[09:27:00][C][light.state:225]: Light 'Cam status'
[09:27:00][C][esp32_camera:044]: ESP32 Camera:
[09:27:00][C][esp32_camera:045]: Name: My Camera
[09:27:00][C][esp32_camera:046]: Board Has PSRAM: YES
[09:27:00][C][esp32_camera:048]: Data Pins: D0:35 D1:34 D2:39 D3:36 D4:19 D5:21 D6:5 D7:18
[09:27:00][C][esp32_camera:049]: VSYNC Pin: 25
[09:27:00][C][esp32_camera:050]: HREF Pin: 23
[09:27:00][C][esp32_camera:051]: Pixel Clock Pin: 22
[09:27:00][C][esp32_camera:052]: External Clock: Pin:0 Frequency:20000000
[09:27:00][C][esp32_camera:053]: I2C Pins: SDA:26 SCL:27
[09:27:00][C][esp32_camera:054]: Reset Pin: -1
[09:27:00][C][esp32_camera:075]: Resolution: 640x480 (VGA)
[09:27:00][C][esp32_camera:098]: JPEG Quality: 10
[09:27:00][C][esp32_camera:100]: Contrast: 0
[09:27:00][C][esp32_camera:101]: Brightness: 0
[09:27:00][C][esp32_camera:102]: Saturation: 0
[09:27:00][C][esp32_camera:103]: Vertical Flip: ON
[09:27:00][C][esp32_camera:104]: Horizontal Mirror: ON
[09:27:00][C][esp32_camera:121]: Test Pattern: NO
[09:27:00][C][text_sensor.version:027]: Version Text Sensor 'Cam ESPHome Version'
[09:27:00][C][text_sensor.version:027]: Icon: 'mdi:new-box'
[09:27:00][C][sensor.wifi_signal:027]: WiFi Signal 'Cam WiFi Signal'
[09:27:00][C][sensor.wifi_signal:027]: Unit of Measurement: 'dB'
[09:27:00][C][sensor.wifi_signal:027]: Accuracy Decimals: 0
[09:27:00][C][sensor.wifi_signal:027]: Icon: 'mdi:wifi'
[09:27:00][C][web_server:126]: Web Server:
[09:27:00][C][web_server:127]: Address: 192.168.1.211:80
[09:27:00][C][api:101]: API Server:
[09:27:00][C][api:102]: Address: 192.168.1.211:6053
[09:27:00][C][ota:127]: Over-The-Air Updates:
[09:27:00][C][ota:128]: Address: 192.168.1.211:3232
[09:27:19][I][ota:152]: Boot seems successful, resetting boot loop counter.You don’t mention adding it via the configurations page in HA?
Mmhh yes I added it, everything is there: the LED turns ON and also the flash turns ON, the CAM symbol, its there, when I click on it … shows no feed
The log will show you if images are being created.
I have already asked, but “Is there any documentation on which pins are connected to what?”
Exactly what device did you buy (link to the web page please).
- Ok
- No, searched but could not find, only the below
OV2640 ESP32-CAM Wireless WiFi Bluetooth Module Camera Development Board ESP32 DC 5V Dual-core 32-bit CPU 2MP TF card OV7670
Ok, on some website they say to use the AI thinker mode: BTW when they say RESET mode GPIO -1, what is -1, GPIO1?
EDIT: well its the pinout that I am using right now … I rechecked my code with the below code, and seems to me to be the same (RESETcode its not in the ESPhome code)
#elif defined(CAMERA_MODEL_AI_THINKER)
#define PWDN_GPIO_NUM 32
#define RESET_GPIO_NUM -1
#define XCLK_GPIO_NUM 0
#define SIOD_GPIO_NUM 26
#define SIOC_GPIO_NUM 27
#define Y9_GPIO_NUM 35
#define Y8_GPIO_NUM 34
#define Y7_GPIO_NUM 39
#define Y6_GPIO_NUM 36
#define Y5_GPIO_NUM 21
#define Y4_GPIO_NUM 19
#define Y3_GPIO_NUM 18
#define Y2_GPIO_NUM 5
#define VSYNC_GPIO_NUM 25
#define HREF_GPIO_NUM 23
#define PCLK_GPIO_NUM 22