ESP 32 cam with 30 pin expansion board

[ablazed]

[BTW, I don't have much knowledge regarding these, so please forgive if I use wrong terms for the appliances etc]
I bought an ESP32 cam but don't have its specific board for programming it by connecting with usb micro. What i have is a 30 pin expansion board for esp32 and esp32s with usb micro and usb c ports.

Since, the labelling is different on both, I have difficulty understanding how to connect the esp32 cam to the expansion board.

Can someone help me connect them together so that I can use the esp32 cam with the expansion board?

Also, can I maximize the utility of the esp32 cam by doing so?

[srnet]

Most of the pins on the ESP32 used on the ESP32CAM board are direct wired to the camera and are not available externally.

On some ESP32CAMs the EN\Reset pin is not connected to one of the external pins so you may need to add a wire to the reset switch.

There are USB programming boards specifically for the ESP32CAM.

[pert]

I moved your topic to a more appropriate forum category @ablazed.

The Nano ESP32 category you chose is only used for discussions directly related to the Arduino Nano ESP32 board.

In the future, please take the time to pick the forum category that best suits the subject of your question. There is an "About the _____ category" topic at the top of each category that explains its purpose.

Thanks in advance for your cooperation.

[ablazed]

Thank you for your response and suggestion. But I wanted to program the esp32-cam with the available equipment that I had at hand.

Now I have purchased an FTDI module for the cam but later realized that it uses usb mini which I don't have. So, now I'm trying to connect the FTDI module with the expansion board which connects to the esp32-cam for programming it. It's quite tricky and puzzling to figure out for me. Wonder if it will work.