M5Stack ESP32 PSRAM Timer Camera


Description

Timer Camera is a camera module based on the ESP32 with 8MB of integrated with PSRAM. The 3 million (3MP) pixel camera (ov3660) ,DFOV 66.5 ° and can shoot a maximum of 2048x1536 resolution photos. There is a LED status indicator and reset button on the board. Timer Camera is designed to have ultra-low power consumption. Through the use of the RTC (BM8563), timing, sleep and wake-up functions can be utilized.

In sleep mode, the current consumption of the whole machine is only 2μA. After the scheduled photo taking function(one photo per hour) is turned on, the battery can work continuously for more than one month. The module supports Wi-Fi image transmission and USB port debugging. The bottom HY2.0-4P port output can be connected to other peripherals. In order to facilitate DIY, the battery interface is reserved on the board. Using the M5Burner firmware burning tool, time-cam can be set directly with the Camera-Tool, and TimerCamera data can be processed in UIFlow.

The low-power power management solution adopted by the Timer Camera series is different from the CORE and StickC devices. When in use, the PWR button is used as a power-on button(long press 2s). If you need to shut down the device, you need to use the software API or press the Reset button on the PCB.When using external power supply, the device will remain powered on.

Features

  • Design based on ESP32

  • Wi-Fi image/video transmission

  • Timed sleep wake up

  • Status indicator

  • Ultra low power design

  • Programming platform:ESP-IDF/Arduino/UIFlow

Applications

  • Take pictures regularly

  • Remote video monitoring

Specifications

Resources
Parameter

PSRAM

8MB

Flash

4M

Image Sensor

OV3660

Maximum resolution

3M pixels

Output format

8-/10-Bit RAW, RGB and YCbCr output, compression.

DFOV

66.5°

Battery Interface Specifications

SH1.0-2P

Net Weight

6g

Gross Weight

17g

Product Size

45*20*12mm

Package Size

60*60*15mm

Driver Installation

TimerCAM may not work without drive in some systems. Users can manually install FTDI Driver to fix this problem. Take the win10 environment as an example, download the driver file that matches the operating system, unzip it, and install it through the device manager. (Note: In some system environments, the driver needs to be installed twice for the driver to take effect. The unrecognized device name is usually M5Stack or USB Serial. Windows recommends using the driver file to install directly in the device manager (custom Update), the executable file installation method may not work properly).

PinMap

Camera Interface PinMap

Interface
Camera Pin
TimerCamera

SCCB Clock

SIOC

IO23

SCCB Data

SIOD

IO25

System Clock

XCLK

IO27

Vertical Sync

VSYNC

IO22

Horizontal Reference

HREF

IO26

Pixel Clock

PCLK

IO21

Pixel Data Bit 0

D0

IO32

Pixel Data Bit 1

D1

IO35

Pixel Data Bit 2

D2

IO34

Pixel Data Bit 3

D3

IO5

Pixel Data Bit 4

D4

IO39

Pixel Data Bit 5

D5

IO18

Pixel Data Bit 6

D6

IO36

Pixel Data Bit 7

D7

IO19

Camera Reset

RESET

IO15

Camera Power Down

PWDN

-1

Power Supply 3.3V

3V3

3V3

Ground

GND

GND

HY2.0-4P

HY2.0-4P
TimerCamera

SCL

G13

SDA

G4

5V

5V

GND

GND

LED

LED
TimerCamera

LED_Pin

G2

BUTTON

BUTTON
TimerCamera

BUTTON

G37

BM8563

BM8563
TimerCamera

SCL

G14

SDA

G12

BAT

BAT
TimerCamera

BAT_ADC_Pin

G38

BAT_HOLD_Pin

G33

Schematics

TimerCAM

Datasheets

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