ESP32S Cam - Cannot get it to work

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I bought this camera ESP32S-CAM and I cannot for the life of me get it to work. I have all of these available cameras in the camera example. Which one do I select?

// ===================
// Select camera model
// ===================
//#define CAMERA_MODEL_WROVER_KIT // Has PSRAM
#define CAMERA_MODEL_ESP_EYE  // Has PSRAM
//#define CAMERA_MODEL_ESP32S3_EYE // Has PSRAM
//#define CAMERA_MODEL_M5STACK_PSRAM // Has PSRAM
//#define CAMERA_MODEL_M5STACK_V2_PSRAM // M5Camera version B Has PSRAM
//#define CAMERA_MODEL_M5STACK_WIDE // Has PSRAM
//#define CAMERA_MODEL_M5STACK_ESP32CAM // No PSRAM
//#define CAMERA_MODEL_M5STACK_UNITCAM // No PSRAM
//#define CAMERA_MODEL_M5STACK_CAMS3_UNIT  // Has PSRAM
//#define CAMERA_MODEL_AI_THINKER // Has PSRAM
//#define CAMERA_MODEL_TTGO_T_JOURNAL // No PSRAM
//#define CAMERA_MODEL_XIAO_ESP32S3 // Has PSRAM
// ** Espressif Internal Boards **
//#define CAMERA_MODEL_ESP32_CAM_BOARD
//#define CAMERA_MODEL_ESP32S2_CAM_BOARD
//#define CAMERA_MODEL_ESP32S3_CAM_LCD
//#define CAMERA_MODEL_DFRobot_FireBeetle2_ESP32S3 // Has PSRAM
//#define CAMERA_MODEL_DFRobot_Romeo_ESP32S3 // Has PSRAM
#include "camera_pins.h"

In the list of ESP boards in Tools>>>Board Manager>>>ESP32 I have huge amount of boards to select from and I have no idea which to select :man_shrugging:

Can anyone help me out here please?

On the board selected, I get this error:

E (692) camera: Camera probe failed with error 0x105(ESP_ERR_NOT_FOUND)
Camera init failed with error 0x105=========== After Setup Start ============

============ Before Setup End ============
[  1223][V][esp32-hal-uart.c:408] uartBegin(): UART0 baud(115200) Mode(800001c) rxPin(3) txPin(1)
[  1231][V][esp32-hal-uart.c:497] uartBegin(): UART0 not installed. Starting installation
[  1242][V][esp32-hal-uart.c:560] uartBegin(): UART0 initialization done.

[  1257][V][esp32-hal-periman.c:235] perimanSetBusDeinit(): Deinit function for type GPIO (1) successfully set to 0x40179ab8
[  1268][V][esp32-hal-periman.c:160] perimanSetPinBus(): Pin 13 successfully set to type GPIO (1) with bus 0xe
[  1278][V][esp32-hal-periman.c:235] perimanSetBusDeinit(): Deinit function for type GPIO (1) successfully set to 0x40179ab8
[  1289][V][esp32-hal-periman.c:160] perimanSetPinBus(): Pin 14 successfully set to type GPIO (1) with bus 0xf
E (692) camera: Camera probe failed with error 0x105(ESP_ERR_NOT_FOUND)
Camera init failed with error 0x105=========== After Setup Start ============
INTERNAL Memory Info:
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Select AI-THINKER

3

That was the first one I tried but nothing. The controls appear for a short space of time but then disappear. It probably has something to do with the Tools settings, the board selection in the INO or the board selected in the board manager...... or a combination of each.

4

Go to Tools > Board and select ESP32 Wrover Module

5

[quote="lexter333, post:3, topic:1352041"]
The controls appear
[/quote]

What controls, do you mean the camera controls?

6

When I put the IP address into safari. Some controls appear on the left then disappear. I did persevere with it using Ai Tinker........ The controls appeared and stayed. I just clicked the 'Take an Image' or something like that. The image did display but it took an absolute age to load. I'm sure it's one of the settings in Tools that is serving it up. I've seen YouTube uploads showing it working.

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Ok, so your problem is solved then. ALWAYS try a second browser, especially if your default is Safari. I am a Mac user and almost never use Safari.