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Review on πŸ“· KeeYees Camera Development Board with 2MP OV2640 Camera Module, WiFi, Bluetooth, 4M PSRAM, Dual-core 32-bit CPU, FT232RL FTDI USB to TTL Serial Converter, and 40-pin Jumper Wire by Derrick Kadam

Revainrating 4 out of 5

There are no instructions, but don't get discouraged and don't give up.

The seller could have easily avoided most of the negative reviews for this product by simply including a page with some basic instructions. 4/5 stars for this reason. There are many esp32cam resources online but this should get you started. Like others here, I had to figure it out myself, and it took several failed attempts. I have successfully used the following in Arduino IDE: 1. Make sure you are using espressif esp32 version 1.04 in Board Manager.2. Select the Wrover esp32 module for the board.3. Use a huge app (3MB no OTA/1MB SPIFF) for the scheme. Others are too big to fit.4. The baud rate is 1152005. Using the sample code, select camerawebserver. Uncomment the AI THINKER line (make sure it's the only one), add the WiFi SSID and password right below if needed. 6. Make sure you set the GPIO-0 jumper to GND when programming. Remove when used.7. I've had better luck with 3.3V when programming and then 5V when running. ALWAYS verify that the correct voltage and pins are used! Download and good luck. Progress is displayed on screen (or error messages). After you program it, unplug the USB, remove the programming jumper, switch to 5V (move the jumper to FTDI and move the jumper to the 5V pin on the esp32 to fix), reconnect to USB, open the serial monitor in the Arduino IDE, and set the baud rate to 115200 and you should start receiving the output from the board. There the IP address of the device will be displayed, which you can enter in your browser to go to the administration page. It's a good idea to then log into your router and set the IP address as static to the MAC address of the device. That's it - there are other programs for esp32cam (Tasmota32 webcam server etc) so do some research and create something cool. Many possibilities for integration into home automation or sensors, industrial use, use of AI for face and object recognition. I'm sure you can think of many uses as well.

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