Programmable Wildlife / Security / Timelapse Camera Projects with an ESP-32 CAM

This video describes the hardware and software code required to program an ESP32-CAM board to create a wide range of camera functionality: - Create timelapse videos - Trigger photographs to be taken with a switch, when movement is detected by a PIR sensor, or any other input - Trigger a photograph to be taken when a HIGH signal is sent from an Arduino or other microprocessor - Use onboard LED as a flash - Save photos to onboard SD card, or send them as an email attachment - Power the ESP-32 from a single 3.7V Li-Po battery pack You can customise this code to make it suitable for, e.g. a wildlife camera, a security camera, or a camera triggered to take "reaction" shots in an Arduino-controlled escape room game. The ESP32 chip can be programmed using the familiar Arduino IDE, or whatever development environment you prefer. For full details of the functionality of the OV2640 camera sensor used in these boards, see the datasheet at https://www.uctronics.com/download/OV2640_DS.pdf Timings --- 00:00:00-00:03:31 Introduction 00:03:32-00:04:44 Example Applications 00:04:45-00:12:31 Hardware: Camera, Aerial, External Programmer, Portable Battery Pack 00:12:32-00:18:05 Wiring diagram 00:18:06-01:09:43 Software Code in the Arduino IDE 01:09:44-01:11:37 Wrapup Hardware Used --- ESP32-CAM: https://www.banggood.com/custlink/33KEli3R0U ESP32-CAM programmer board: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001872947921.html FTDI programmer: https://www.banggood.com/custlink/3KKYoIGR6f AM312 PIR sensor: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/202625567146 18650 Li-Po battery shield: https://www.banggood.com/custlink/mGDROiH4GB This video is made possible with the generoud support of my Patreon donors - thankyou! For more details of this, and all my escape room technology projects, see https://www.patreon.com/playfultech