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Camera

Overview

The component camera allows the connection of a camera chip of type OV7670. OV7670 is a camera module with FiFo supporting 640x480 VGA. The PIN description is listed at the backside of the board.

Example

There is one example project for the Arduino IDE which can be downloaded: Camera_Webserver.ino (download here)

ESP Board camera connector
SW400,SW402,SW403

Activating the component

The component has three dip switches for controlling the component: SW400, SW402 and SW403.

Function SWITCH IO port Conflicts with Remarks
RRST SW403-1 17 Microphone, SW301-2, SCK; mikroBus, SW404-4, TX; Unit-Bus, SW201-2, CN212 - PIN 4; Grove UART, SW202-1, UART - RX; Grove Digital4, SW209-2, IO17
WRST SW403-2 16 Audio, SW306-1, SD_MODE; mikroBus, SW404-3, RX; Unit-Bus, SW201-1, CN212 - PIN 3; Grove UART, SW202-2, UART - TX
OE SW403-3 GND -
WR/WEN SW403-4 0 -
RCK/RCKL SW402-1 4 Gyro, SW310-4, SCL/SCLK; OLED, SW309-1, SCL; SD Card, SW406-3, DAT1; Unit-Bus, SW200-1, CN212 - PIN 6; Grove I2C, SW203-2, I2C - SCL
D0 SW402-2 13 mikroBus, SW405-5, RST; SD Card, SW406-1, CD/DAT3; Grove Digital2, SW207-2, IO13
D1 SW402-3 12 RFID, SW303-2, IRQ; Gyro, SW310-2, AD0/SD0; mirkoBus, SW404-1, PWM; SD Card, SW406-2, DAT2; Grove Digital1, SW206-1, IO12
D2 SW402-3 14 Gyro, SW310-1, INT; mikroBus, SW404-2, INT; SD Card, SW406-5, CLK; Grove Digital2, SW207-1, IO14
D3 SW402-5 27 Menu, SW401-4, CENTER; SD Card, SW407-2, CDET
D4 SW402-6 26 Audio, SW306-2, BCKL; Menu, SW401-3, LEFT
D5 SW400-1 25 Audio, SW306-3, LRCLK; Menu, SW401-2, DOWN
D6 SW400-2 35 Temperature, SW315, DQ; Grove Analog2, SW205-2, ADC7
D7 SW400-3 34 Menu, SW401-6, UP; Grove Analog2, SW205-1, ADC6
VSYNC SW400-4 32 Menu, SW401-5, RIGHT; SD Card, SW407-1, LED
SIOD/SDA SW400-5 21 mikroBus, SW404-6, SDA; Grove Digital3, SW208-1, IO21
SIOC/SCL SW400-6 22 RFID, SW303-1, RST; Audio, SW306-4, IO22; mikroBus, SW404-5, SCL

Using the component

Sample project

There is one example project for the Arduino IDE which can be downloaded: Camera_Webserver.ino (download here)