Hi,
I have esp32-cam AI-Thinker module. I am thinking of connecting a GPS module with esp32-cam and get gps co-ordinates to webpage.
Need some support, if possible can anyone help me out with this.
Thank you
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the ESP32-CAM has a hardware serial port which you can use to communicate with a GPS
this is a simple program which communicates with a serial device connected to pins 14 and 15
// ESP32-CAM Serial1 test
// for loopback test connect pins 14 and 15
#define RXD1 14
#define TXD1 15
void setup() {
// initialize both serial ports:
Serial.begin(115200);
Serial1.begin(115200, SERIAL_8N1, RXD1, TXD1);
Serial.println();
Serial.println("serial1 test Rx pin 14 Tx pin 15");
}
void loop() {
// read from port 1, send to port 0:
if (Serial1.available()) {
int inByte = Serial1.read();
Serial.write(inByte);
}
// read from port 0, send to port 1:
if (Serial.available()) {
int inByte = Serial.read();
//Serial.write(inByte);
Serial1.write(inByte);
}
}
any idea what baudrate the GPS uses?
if you connect the GPS to pins 14 and 15 and set the Serial1 baudrate to that of the GPS you should see the NMEA data
once that is working you can add the serial code to your webpage code, parse the NMEA data for what you require and enter it onto the webpage HTML
Are you using the ESP32CAM SD card ?
Hi Thank you for the response.
Actually I had made a rc robot where I can Control it through webpage and can see the live stream, now I wanted to integrate gps module to the same project.
Below is the code I have used for that project.
#include "esp_camera.h"
#include <WiFi.h>
#include "esp_timer.h"
#include "img_converters.h"
#include "Arduino.h"
#include "fb_gfx.h"
#include "soc/soc.h" // disable brownout problems
#include "soc/rtc_cntl_reg.h" // disable brownout problems
#include "esp_http_server.h"
// Replace with your network credentials
const char* ssid = "JioFiber-DDbee";
const char* password = "Sparklabs2G";
#define PART_BOUNDARY "123456789000000000000987654321"
#define CAMERA_MODEL_AI_THINKER
//#define CAMERA_MODEL_M5STACK_PSRAM
//#define CAMERA_MODEL_M5STACK_WITHOUT_PSRAM
//#define CAMERA_MODEL_M5STACK_PSRAM_B
//#define CAMERA_MODEL_WROVER_KIT
#if defined(CAMERA_MODEL_WROVER_KIT)
#define PWDN_GPIO_NUM -1
#define RESET_GPIO_NUM -1
#define XCLK_GPIO_NUM 21
#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 19
#define Y4_GPIO_NUM 18
#define Y3_GPIO_NUM 5
#define Y2_GPIO_NUM 4
#define VSYNC_GPIO_NUM 25
#define HREF_GPIO_NUM 23
#define PCLK_GPIO_NUM 22
#elif defined(CAMERA_MODEL_M5STACK_PSRAM)
#define PWDN_GPIO_NUM -1
#define RESET_GPIO_NUM 15
#define XCLK_GPIO_NUM 27
#define SIOD_GPIO_NUM 25
#define SIOC_GPIO_NUM 23
#define Y9_GPIO_NUM 19
#define Y8_GPIO_NUM 36
#define Y7_GPIO_NUM 18
#define Y6_GPIO_NUM 39
#define Y5_GPIO_NUM 5
#define Y4_GPIO_NUM 34
#define Y3_GPIO_NUM 35
#define Y2_GPIO_NUM 32
#define VSYNC_GPIO_NUM 22
#define HREF_GPIO_NUM 26
#define PCLK_GPIO_NUM 21
#elif defined(CAMERA_MODEL_M5STACK_WITHOUT_PSRAM)
#define PWDN_GPIO_NUM -1
#define RESET_GPIO_NUM 15
#define XCLK_GPIO_NUM 27
#define SIOD_GPIO_NUM 25
#define SIOC_GPIO_NUM 23
#define Y9_GPIO_NUM 19
#define Y8_GPIO_NUM 36
#define Y7_GPIO_NUM 18
#define Y6_GPIO_NUM 39
#define Y5_GPIO_NUM 5
#define Y4_GPIO_NUM 34
#define Y3_GPIO_NUM 35
#define Y2_GPIO_NUM 17
#define VSYNC_GPIO_NUM 22
#define HREF_GPIO_NUM 26
#define PCLK_GPIO_NUM 21
#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
#elif defined(CAMERA_MODEL_M5STACK_PSRAM_B)
#define PWDN_GPIO_NUM -1
#define RESET_GPIO_NUM 15
#define XCLK_GPIO_NUM 27
#define SIOD_GPIO_NUM 22
#define SIOC_GPIO_NUM 23
#define Y9_GPIO_NUM 19
#define Y8_GPIO_NUM 36
#define Y7_GPIO_NUM 18
#define Y6_GPIO_NUM 39
#define Y5_GPIO_NUM 5
#define Y4_GPIO_NUM 34
#define Y3_GPIO_NUM 35
#define Y2_GPIO_NUM 32
#define VSYNC_GPIO_NUM 25
#define HREF_GPIO_NUM 26
#define PCLK_GPIO_NUM 21
#else
#error "Camera model not selected"
#endif
#define MOTOR_1_PIN_1 14
#define MOTOR_1_PIN_2 15
#define MOTOR_2_PIN_1 13
#define MOTOR_2_PIN_2 12
#define LedPin 4
static const char* _STREAM_CONTENT_TYPE = "multipart/x-mixed-replace;boundary=" PART_BOUNDARY;
static const char* _STREAM_BOUNDARY = "\r\n--" PART_BOUNDARY "\r\n";
static const char* _STREAM_PART = "Content-Type: image/jpeg\r\nContent-Length: %u\r\n\r\n";
httpd_handle_t camera_httpd = NULL;
httpd_handle_t stream_httpd = NULL;
static const char PROGMEM INDEX_HTML[] = R"rawliteral(
<html>
<head>
<title>ESP32-CAM Robot</title>
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<style>
body { font-family: Arial; text-align: center; margin:0px auto; padding-top: 30px;}
table { margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; }
td { padding: 8 px; }
.button {
background-color: #2f4468;
border: none;
color: white;
padding: 10px 20px;
text-align: center;
text-decoration: none;
display: inline-block;
font-size: 18px;
margin: 6px 3px;
cursor: pointer;
-webkit-touch-callout: none;
-webkit-user-select: none;
-khtml-user-select: none;
-moz-user-select: none;
-ms-user-select: none;
user-select: none;
-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0,0,0,0);
}
img { width: auto ;
max-width: 100% ;
height: auto ;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>ESP32-CAM Robot</h1>
<img src="" id="photo" >
<table>
<tr><td colspan="3" align="center"><button class="button" onmousedown="toggleCheckbox('forward');" ontouchstart="toggleCheckbox('forward');" onmouseup="toggleCheckbox('stop');" ontouchend="toggleCheckbox('stop');">Forward</button></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center"><button class="button" onmousedown="toggleCheckbox('left');" ontouchstart="toggleCheckbox('left');" onmouseup="toggleCheckbox('stop');" ontouchend="toggleCheckbox('stop');">Left</button></td><td align="center"><button class="button" onmousedown="toggleCheckbox('stop');" ontouchstart="toggleCheckbox('stop');">Stop</button></td><td align="center"><button class="button" onmousedown="toggleCheckbox('right');" ontouchstart="toggleCheckbox('right');" onmouseup="toggleCheckbox('stop');" ontouchend="toggleCheckbox('stop');">Right</button></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="3" align="center"><button class="button" onmousedown="toggleCheckbox('backward');" ontouchstart="toggleCheckbox('backward');" onmouseup="toggleCheckbox('stop');" ontouchend="toggleCheckbox('stop');">Backward</button></td></tr>
</table>
<button class="button" onmousedown="toggleCheckbox('LedOn');" ontouchstart="toggleCheckbox('LedOn');">FlashOn</button>
<button class="button" onmousedown="toggleCheckbox('LedOff');" ontouchstart="toggleCheckbox('LedOff');">FlashOff</button>
<button class="button" onclick="window.location.href='https://www.google.com/maps';">Location</button>
<script>
function toggleCheckbox(x) {
var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.open("GET", "/action?go=" + x, true);
xhr.send();
}
window.onload = document.getElementById("photo").src = window.location.href.slice(0, -1) + ":81/stream";
</script>
</body>
</html>
)rawliteral";
static esp_err_t index_handler(httpd_req_t *req){
httpd_resp_set_type(req, "text/html");
return httpd_resp_send(req, (const char *)INDEX_HTML, strlen(INDEX_HTML));
}
static esp_err_t stream_handler(httpd_req_t *req){
camera_fb_t * fb = NULL;
esp_err_t res = ESP_OK;
size_t _jpg_buf_len = 0;
uint8_t * _jpg_buf = NULL;
char * part_buf[64];
res = httpd_resp_set_type(req, _STREAM_CONTENT_TYPE);
if(res != ESP_OK){
return res;
}
while(true){
fb = esp_camera_fb_get();
if (!fb) {
Serial.println("Camera capture failed");
res = ESP_FAIL;
} else {
if(fb->width > 400){
if(fb->format != PIXFORMAT_JPEG){
bool jpeg_converted = frame2jpg(fb, 80, &_jpg_buf, &_jpg_buf_len);
esp_camera_fb_return(fb);
fb = NULL;
if(!jpeg_converted){
Serial.println("JPEG compression failed");
res = ESP_FAIL;
}
} else {
_jpg_buf_len = fb->len;
_jpg_buf = fb->buf;
}
}
}
if(res == ESP_OK){
size_t hlen = snprintf((char *)part_buf, 64, _STREAM_PART, _jpg_buf_len);
res = httpd_resp_send_chunk(req, (const char *)part_buf, hlen);
}
if(res == ESP_OK){
res = httpd_resp_send_chunk(req, (const char *)_jpg_buf, _jpg_buf_len);
}
if(res == ESP_OK){
res = httpd_resp_send_chunk(req, _STREAM_BOUNDARY, strlen(_STREAM_BOUNDARY));
}
if(fb){
esp_camera_fb_return(fb);
fb = NULL;
_jpg_buf = NULL;
} else if(_jpg_buf){
free(_jpg_buf);
_jpg_buf = NULL;
}
if(res != ESP_OK){
break;
}
//Serial.printf("MJPG: %uB\n",(uint32_t)(_jpg_buf_len));
}
return res;
}
static esp_err_t cmd_handler(httpd_req_t *req){
char* buf;
size_t buf_len;
char variable[32] = {0,};
buf_len = httpd_req_get_url_query_len(req) + 1;
if (buf_len > 1) {
buf = (char*)malloc(buf_len);
if(!buf){
httpd_resp_send_500(req);
return ESP_FAIL;
}
if (httpd_req_get_url_query_str(req, buf, buf_len) == ESP_OK) {
if (httpd_query_key_value(buf, "go", variable, sizeof(variable)) == ESP_OK) {
} else {
free(buf);
httpd_resp_send_404(req);
return ESP_FAIL;
}
} else {
free(buf);
httpd_resp_send_404(req);
return ESP_FAIL;
}
free(buf);
} else {
httpd_resp_send_404(req);
return ESP_FAIL;
}
sensor_t * s = esp_camera_sensor_get();
int res = 0;
if(!strcmp(variable, "forward")) {
Serial.println("Forward");
digitalWrite(MOTOR_1_PIN_1, 1);
digitalWrite(MOTOR_1_PIN_2, 0);
digitalWrite(MOTOR_2_PIN_1, 1);
digitalWrite(MOTOR_2_PIN_2, 0);
}
else if(!strcmp(variable, "left")) {
Serial.println("Left");
digitalWrite(MOTOR_1_PIN_1, 1);
digitalWrite(MOTOR_1_PIN_2, 0);
digitalWrite(MOTOR_2_PIN_1, 0);
digitalWrite(MOTOR_2_PIN_2, 1);
}
else if(!strcmp(variable, "right")) {
Serial.println("Right");
digitalWrite(MOTOR_1_PIN_1, 0);
digitalWrite(MOTOR_1_PIN_2, 1);
digitalWrite(MOTOR_2_PIN_1, 1);
digitalWrite(MOTOR_2_PIN_2, 0);
}
else if(!strcmp(variable, "backward")) {
Serial.println("Backward");
digitalWrite(MOTOR_1_PIN_1, 0);
digitalWrite(MOTOR_1_PIN_2, 1);
digitalWrite(MOTOR_2_PIN_1, 0);
digitalWrite(MOTOR_2_PIN_2, 1);
}
else if(!strcmp(variable, "stop")) {
Serial.println("Stop");
digitalWrite(MOTOR_1_PIN_1, 0);
digitalWrite(MOTOR_1_PIN_2, 0);
digitalWrite(MOTOR_2_PIN_1, 0);
digitalWrite(MOTOR_2_PIN_2, 0);
}
else if(!strcmp(variable, "LedOn")) {
Serial.println("FlashOn");
digitalWrite(LedPin, 1);
}
else if(!strcmp(variable, "LedOff")) {
Serial.println("FlashOff");
digitalWrite(LedPin, 0);
}
else {
res = -1;
}
if(res){
return httpd_resp_send_500(req);
}
httpd_resp_set_hdr(req, "Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "*");
return httpd_resp_send(req, NULL, 0);
}
void startCameraServer(){
httpd_config_t config = HTTPD_DEFAULT_CONFIG();
config.server_port = 80;
httpd_uri_t index_uri = {
.uri = "/",
.method = HTTP_GET,
.handler = index_handler,
.user_ctx = NULL
};
httpd_uri_t cmd_uri = {
.uri = "/action",
.method = HTTP_GET,
.handler = cmd_handler,
.user_ctx = NULL
};
httpd_uri_t stream_uri = {
.uri = "/stream",
.method = HTTP_GET,
.handler = stream_handler,
.user_ctx = NULL
};
if (httpd_start(&camera_httpd, &config) == ESP_OK) {
httpd_register_uri_handler(camera_httpd, &index_uri);
httpd_register_uri_handler(camera_httpd, &cmd_uri);
}
config.server_port += 1;
config.ctrl_port += 1;
if (httpd_start(&stream_httpd, &config) == ESP_OK) {
httpd_register_uri_handler(stream_httpd, &stream_uri);
}
}
void setup() {
WRITE_PERI_REG(RTC_CNTL_BROWN_OUT_REG, 0); //disable brownout detector
pinMode(MOTOR_1_PIN_1, OUTPUT);
pinMode(MOTOR_1_PIN_2, OUTPUT);
pinMode(MOTOR_2_PIN_1, OUTPUT);
pinMode(MOTOR_2_PIN_2, OUTPUT);
pinMode(LedPin, OUTPUT);
Serial.begin(115200);
Serial.setDebugOutput(false);
camera_config_t config;
config.ledc_channel = LEDC_CHANNEL_0;
config.ledc_timer = LEDC_TIMER_0;
config.pin_d0 = Y2_GPIO_NUM;
config.pin_d1 = Y3_GPIO_NUM;
config.pin_d2 = Y4_GPIO_NUM;
config.pin_d3 = Y5_GPIO_NUM;
config.pin_d4 = Y6_GPIO_NUM;
config.pin_d5 = Y7_GPIO_NUM;
config.pin_d6 = Y8_GPIO_NUM;
config.pin_d7 = Y9_GPIO_NUM;
config.pin_xclk = XCLK_GPIO_NUM;
config.pin_pclk = PCLK_GPIO_NUM;
config.pin_vsync = VSYNC_GPIO_NUM;
config.pin_href = HREF_GPIO_NUM;
config.pin_sscb_sda = SIOD_GPIO_NUM;
config.pin_sscb_scl = SIOC_GPIO_NUM;
config.pin_pwdn = PWDN_GPIO_NUM;
config.pin_reset = RESET_GPIO_NUM;
config.xclk_freq_hz = 20000000;
config.pixel_format = PIXFORMAT_JPEG;
if(psramFound()){
config.frame_size = FRAMESIZE_VGA;
config.jpeg_quality = 10;
config.fb_count = 2;
} else {
config.frame_size = FRAMESIZE_SVGA;
config.jpeg_quality = 12;
config.fb_count = 1;
}
// Camera init
esp_err_t err = esp_camera_init(&config);
if (err != ESP_OK) {
Serial.printf("Camera init failed with error 0x%x", err);
return;
}
// Wi-Fi connection
WiFi.begin(ssid, password);
while (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED) {
delay(500);
Serial.print(".");
}
Serial.println("");
Serial.println("WiFi connected");
Serial.print("Camera Stream Ready! Go to: http://");
Serial.println(WiFi.localIP());
// Start streaming web server
startCameraServer();
}
void loop() {
}
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Hi,
I am not using any sd card.
Maybe not but I see from your code (so helpful to post code) that you are using the pins that would be free if your not using the SD for motor drives, so they are not free for the GPS.
You can run the GPS on the RXD0 (3) and TXD0 (1 ) pins but you will need to disconnect the GPS when uploading programs, and you loose the prints to the Serial Monitor.
If you dont need the White LED, you could use that pin for the GPS RX and you would keep the Serial monitor prints.
OK thanks a lot.
Can I know how can I use gps directly with RXD0, TXD0 and send coordinates to the webpage
Start up Serial2 like this;
Serial2.begin(9600, SERIAL_8N1, 3, 1); //GPS port on programming port
Then read the GPS on Serial2.
OK
I will try it .
Thanks a lot.
I have written a program that uses an ESP32CAM as a high altitude balloon tracker, it works, should be ready in a couple of weeks.
The ESP32CAM wakes up from sleep, reads the GPS, takes a picture with the camera, saves it onto the SD card, then transfers the image taken via LoRa to another ground based Arduino where its saved on to SD card and transferred into a folder on a PC. And just before the ESP32CAM goes back to sleep its transmits its location via LoRa.
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hey, we are actually creating a project similar to the one you had created and we have to indroduce gps tracker, for that we are currently working in neo-5m module , it would be great if you could help us in the code?
Perhaps describe your project in more detail and post the code you have so far ?
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