Hello,
It's my first time writing here so I apologize in advance if I'm posting this in the wrong category or missing any rules.
I'm kind of new to these things and currently I'm trying to learn how to use the ESP32-CAM, so I started with the Live Video Streaming Server example provided in Arduino IDE.
Problem is, after I upload the code in the ESP32-CAM and I press the RESET button, I see the following text in Serial Monitor:
11:11:24.887 -> rst:0x1 (POWERON_RESET),boot:0x13 (SPI_FAST_FLASH_BOOT)
11:11:24.887 -> configsip: 0, SPIWP:0xee
11:11:24.887 -> clk_drv:0x00,q_drv:0x00,d_drv:0x00,cs0_drv:0x00,hd_drv:0x00,wp_drv:0x00
11:11:24.887 -> mode:DIO, clock div:1
11:11:24.887 -> load:0x3fff0030,len:1344
11:11:24.887 -> load:0x40078000,len:13964
11:11:24.887 -> load:0x40080400,len:3600
11:11:24.887 -> entry 0x400805f0
11:11:25.311 -> E (495) esp_core_dump_f�3�fKr���ɕ�"յ�����ѥѥ���2�չ��jRT �S�J*��}��ɕ}�յ�}���͡�r���ɕ�"յ�����ѥѥ���2�չ��jR�
11:11:26.967 -> ..................................................................
I have no idea why the error message looks like this or what it means, and googling it has not helped at all so far.
I'm using an FT232RL module to upload the code, the jumper is on 5V and I made sure the wiring is the same as in many tutorials I've seen (FTDI GND-ESP GND, FTDI 5V-ESP 5V, FTDI RX-ESP UOT, FTDI TX-ESP UOR) and I removed the bridge between GND-GPIO_0 (IOD) after the code was uploaded and then pressed the reset button.
I also noticed the board was getting quite hot after repeating the process 2-3 times trying to figure it out.
Does anyone know why this is happening or if I'm missing any steps?
TLDR update/conclusion:
Arduino 2 doesn't display the error messages right for me, so I moved to 1.8.19 instead.
Changing security settings in my router and making sure the ESP32-CAM tries to connect to the 2.4GHz wifi instead of 5GHz fixed the connection issues.
The brownout error I got from trying to power it with 3.3V is due to my FTDI providing only 3.19V on its 3.3V setting, but it provides enough on 5V.
The esp doesn't overheat on 5V anymore and it works fine.