ESP32-CAM with ESP32-CAM-MB USB Programming Adapter

The ESP32-CAM-MB module comes with the well-known high-performance Espressif ESP32 Wifi+Bluetooth+BLE controller chip and an OV2640 camera module with 2MP resolution.

Specifications:
- Main frequency up to 240MHz, up to 600 DMIPS
- 520 KB SRAM, 2M PSRAM
- UART/SPI/I2C/PWM/ADC/DAC Interfaces
- Micro-SD memory card slot
- Lwip and FreeRTOS operating system
- Supports Smart Config/AirKiss one-click distribution network
- OmniVision OV2640 camera module included (1600 x 1200 px)

The ESP32-CAM-MB module comes in a very small form factor of just 27 x 40mm and fits perfectly on a breadboard for your experiments. We recommend GitHub for software downloads and code examples.

This is the recommended first step to start tinkering with it:
- Follow the instructions on this website: Randomnerdtutorials.com
- Select "AI Thinker ESP32-CAM" as the board in Arduino IDE
- Change communication speed to 115200
- Select the corresponding COM port in Arduino IDE
- Uploading the code for the cam server demo provided on the website using Arduino IDE:
a) the upload starts possibly automatically, then wait until it has finished
b) Arduino IDE shows "connecting..." and the upload only starts after pressing "reset" on your ESP32 module
- Keep following the procedure described in the tutorial

If you receive an error message "detected camera not supported" you should double-check that the selected module in your sketch is "AI Thinker".

These camera modules can be a little more tricky than an Arduino UNO. Don't give up, keep trying, reading, and trying again, if it doesn't work right away.