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  • M5Stack, MicroPython
    2 min | 13831

    #MicroPython: OV2640 camera module extended (M5Camera, ESP32-CAM, etc.)

    M5Stack, MicroPython | 2 min | 13831


    I've just upgraded the MicroPython camera module for ESP32. The OV2640 uses I2S and two months ago, I wrote/updated the I2S connector to support more boards (check the hardware and software section below).

    This time with the help of @joerggollnick, the driver was extended to include the following camera settings: frame size, white balance, saturation, brightness, contrast special effects, image quality, vertical flip, and horizontal flip.

    Hardware and Software

    DIY: Instructions

    I've included a compiled MicroPython firmware that supports camera and BLE (check the firmware folder). The firmware was compiled using esp-idf 4.x with hash version 4c81978 and MicroPython with hash version 836bca9.

    To flash it to the board, you need to type the following:

    esptool.py --chip esp32 --port /dev/ttyUSB0 erase_flash
    esptool.py --chip esp32 --port /dev/ttyUSB0 --baud 460800 write_flash -z 0x1000 micropython_836bca9_esp32_idf4.x_ble_camera.bin

    More information is available in this tutorial.

    If you want to compile your driver from scratch follow the section DIY (from Scratch) from this article: MicroPython: Support for cameras: M5CAMERA, ESP32-CAM etc..

    Application Example

    I've included an application to test the camera and its settings. To deploy the app on your ESP board, follow these steps:

    1. Clone the repository:
      git clone https://github.com/lemariva/uPyCam.git
    2. Rename the file config.py.sample to config.py and configure: a. Your WI-FI credentials, b. The camera that you have (M5CAMERA/ESP32-CAM). If you have another camera, you need to configure the pins in the file webserver.py.
    3. Upload the code using VSCode and the PyMark extension. If you need the instructions, follow this article for more information: MicroPython: Visual Studio Code (VSCode) as IDE
    4. Open a browser and type the URL that your board publishes in the terminal:
      I (4380) network: GOT_IP
      network config: ('192.168.178.165', '255.255.255.0', '192.168.178.1', '192.168.178.1')

      In my case, it is http://192.168.178.165 and you will get something like Fig. 1.

    Camera webserver
    Fig. 1: Camera webserver.

    The new camera settings are the following:

    SettingDescriptionValues
    camera.saturation(int value)image saturationfrom -2 to 2 (0 default)
    camera.brightness(int value)image brightnessfrom -2 to 2 (0 default)
    camera.contrast(int value)image contrastfrom -2 to 2 (0 default)
    camera.quality(int value)image qualityfrom 10 (high) to 63 (low)
    camera.flip(int value)vertical flip0 or 1
    camera.mirror(int value)horizontal flip0 or 1
    camera.framesize(int value)image sizeFRAME_96X96 FRAME_QQVGA FRAME_QCIF
    FRAME_HQVGA FRAME_240X240 FRAME_QVGA
    FRAME_CIF FRAME_HVGA FRAME_VGA
    FRAME_SVGA FRAME_XGA FRAME_HD
    FRAME_SXGA FRAME_UXGA FRAME_FHD
    FRAME_P_HD FRAME_P_3MP FRAME_QXGA
    FRAME_QHD FRAME_WQXGA FRAME_P_FHD FRAME_QSXGA
    camera.speffect(int value)color effects for the imageEFFECT_NONE (default) EFFECT_NEG EFFECT_BW
    EFFECT_RED EFFECT_GREEN EFFECT_BLUE EFFECT_RETRO
    camera.whitebalance(int value)white balanceWB_NONE (default) WB_SUNNY WB_CLOUDY
    WB_OFFICE WB_HOME

    That's all you need. If you have any questions, please leave them in the comment section below! :)


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