M5Stack ESP32 PSRAM Timer Camera

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Product Link

M5Stack ESP32 PSRAM Timer Camerahttps://x.com/openelabio

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

• ESP32
• OV3660