# ESP32-CAM

Human: https://roboterminal.app/hardware/esp32-cam · Agent: https://roboterminal.app/hardware/esp32-cam.md

OV2640 or OV5640 bolted onto an ESP32. Cheap Wi-Fi camera node, not a motor controller.

- Family: ESP32
- Layer: Vision
- Maker: AI-Thinker / Espressif
- Buses: wifi, ble, uart
- Typical: $6–12
- Do not: Rolling shutter. Weak for visual odometry.

## Buy

- [Seeed XIAO S3 Sense](https://www.seeedstudio.com/XIAO-ESP32S3-Sense-p-5639.html)

## Derivatives

- [XIAO ESP32-S3 Sense](https://roboterminal.app/hardware/xiao-s3-sense)
- [OV2640 / OV5640](https://roboterminal.app/hardware/ov2640)

## Compatible

- [Arduino Mega 2560](https://roboterminal.app/hardware/arduino-mega) (bus: UART)
- [BeaglePlay](https://roboterminal.app/hardware/beagleplay) (bus: UART)
- [BNO085](https://roboterminal.app/hardware/bno085) (stack: Wi-Fi camera scout)
- [Compute Module 5](https://roboterminal.app/hardware/cm5) (bus: UART)
- [CubeMars AK70-10](https://roboterminal.app/hardware/cubemars-ak70-10) (bus: UART)
- [Damiao DM-J4310-2EC](https://roboterminal.app/hardware/damiao-j4310) (bus: UART)
- [Damiao DM-J4340-2EC](https://roboterminal.app/hardware/damiao-j4340) (bus: UART)
- [Dynamixel PH54-200-S500-R](https://roboterminal.app/hardware/ph54-200) (bus: UART)
- [Dynamixel XL330 / XM430](https://roboterminal.app/hardware/dynamixel) (bus: UART)
- [Dynamixel XM430-W350](https://roboterminal.app/hardware/xm430) (bus: UART)
- [ESP32](https://roboterminal.app/hardware/esp32) (family: ESP32 family)
- [ESP32-C3](https://roboterminal.app/hardware/esp32-c3) (family: ESP32 family)
- [ESP32-C6](https://roboterminal.app/hardware/esp32-c6) (family: ESP32 family)
- [ESP32-H2](https://roboterminal.app/hardware/esp32-h2) (family: ESP32 family)
- [ESP32-P4](https://roboterminal.app/hardware/esp32-p4) (family: ESP32 family)
- [ESP32-S2](https://roboterminal.app/hardware/esp32-s2) (family: ESP32 family)
- [ESP32-S3](https://roboterminal.app/hardware/esp32-s3) (paired: Called out as a known pair)
- [Jetson AGX Orin](https://roboterminal.app/hardware/orin-agx) (bus: UART)
- [Jetson Orin Nano Super](https://roboterminal.app/hardware/orin-nano) (bus: UART)
- [Jetson Orin NX / AGX](https://roboterminal.app/hardware/orin-nx) (bus: UART)
- [maxon ESCON](https://roboterminal.app/hardware/maxon-escon) (bus: UART)
- [nRF52840](https://roboterminal.app/hardware/nrf52840) (bus: UART)
- [NXP i.MX 8M Plus](https://roboterminal.app/hardware/imx8mp) (bus: UART)
- [ODrive S1](https://roboterminal.app/hardware/odrive-s1) (bus: UART)
- [OV2640 / OV5640](https://roboterminal.app/hardware/ov2640) (paired: Called out as a known pair)
- [Pixhawk 6C](https://roboterminal.app/hardware/pixhawk-6c) (bus: UART)
- [Qorvo DW3000](https://roboterminal.app/hardware/dw3000) (bus: UART)
- [Raspberry Pi 5](https://roboterminal.app/hardware/pi5) (bus: UART)
- [RK3588](https://roboterminal.app/hardware/rk3588) (bus: UART)
- [RP2040 / Pico](https://roboterminal.app/hardware/rp2040) (bus: UART)
- [RP2350 / Pico 2](https://roboterminal.app/hardware/rp2350) (bus: UART)
- [RPLidar A1 / A2](https://roboterminal.app/hardware/rplidar) (bus: UART)
- [STM32F4](https://roboterminal.app/hardware/stm32f4) (bus: UART)
- [STM32G4](https://roboterminal.app/hardware/stm32g4) (bus: UART)
- [STM32H7](https://roboterminal.app/hardware/stm32h7) (bus: UART)
- [STM32WB / WL](https://roboterminal.app/hardware/stm32wb) (bus: UART)
- [Teensy 4.1](https://roboterminal.app/hardware/teensy41) (bus: UART)
- [TMC2209](https://roboterminal.app/hardware/tmc2209) (bus: UART)
- [u-blox ZED-F9P](https://roboterminal.app/hardware/zed-f9p) (bus: UART)
- [Unitree GO-M8010-6](https://roboterminal.app/hardware/unitree-go-m8010) (bus: UART)
- [VectorNav VN-100](https://roboterminal.app/hardware/vn-100) (bus: UART)
- [VESC 6](https://roboterminal.app/hardware/vesc) (bus: UART)
- [Westwood Panda BEAR](https://roboterminal.app/hardware/westwood-panda) (bus: UART)
- [XIAO ESP32-S3 Sense](https://roboterminal.app/hardware/xiao-s3-sense) (family: ESP32 family)

## Stacks

- Wi-Fi camera scout — Throw a camera on the network. Do not ask it to torque a joint.