Xiuxin 2 Pack ESP32-CAM WiFi Bluetooth Camera Module evelopment Board ESP32 with Camera Module OV2640

Both the boards received were faulty, and I cannot even load the code as both of them continue to time out.I was able to get a replacement done. Meanwhile, I have a working board that I ordered from Allianztec Omatom Power.The replacement was also faulty! One board did not respond to reset, and uploads and the other was missing the reset button (pic attached). The seller did not even do a basic inspection.

Product doesn't work with PIR sensor

After seeing Dronebot videos on youtube, I was eager to give the the ESP32-CAM a try. So I purchased this product. (hopefully, Amazon keeps this review associated with this particular product and doesn't associate it with anything called ESP32-CAM, because there is a difference). If you are new to these boards, as I am, the Dronebot video on youtube, is a must.There is an ESP32-CAM from AI-THINKER. It is twice the price, but carries their name, and they seem to consider these to be fakes. Fakes or not, I was able to make them work.Some of the other commentators provided misleading information.Provide the board 3.3v, not 5v as some have commented. The proper 3.3v is screen printed on the board.USB from your pc, through the FTDI board, in most cases, wont provide a full 2 amps. When the card boots, if you have it connected to your pc, the serial monitor(or Putty) will see the "brownout trigger" meaning the current is below the necessary 2 amps.I had to provide the power from a separate power supply and make the serial communications connections through the FTDI board to the pc. No smoke came out, so I guess that was ok, but you make that call for yourself.Despite not having been manufactured for AI-THINKER and carrying their name, it still identifies as "CAMERA_MODEL_AI_THINKER" if you are using the provided examples for that board type.Don't forget that

One of the two modules has a badly soldered camera connector. With magnifying goggles you can see the whole connector is slightly offset on its base, and that makes some of the leads get soldered to she same pad. Didn't see this initially but when I hooked up the camera, the module got very hot, and the though the ESP32 still ran, it didn't recognize the camera. Putting that same camera in the second module worked fine, so at least it didn't fry the camera. I posted a pic showing the offset connector. Sorry for blurriness, my new phone has bad macro capability.

Two good boards, well packaged and shipped.If you're trying the Arduino example "CameraWebServer" the CAMERA_MODEL_AI_THINKER model worked for me.Don't forget you'll need a USB -> UART board to connect to this, it doesn't have one on board like a NodeMCU or similar.

This product does not come with any documentation whatsoever, I had to contact the seller who just sent me a link to a personal website of a guy in Europe doing experiments with this product. I was expecting the seller to provide the manufacturer documentation so I would understand what this product can and cannot do. There is no engraving on the chipset shield other than ESP32-S, so you would better look the internet for AI-Thinker ESP32-CAM to get some infos.Of the 2 modules I received, one of them did not work properly when flashed according to the instructions: the only results I could get in the console was a reset in loop. After struggling for many hours, I finally could make it working by using the ESP32 DEV board and setting the flash frequency to 40 MHz and enabling the PSRAM in Arduino IDE and it worked in the end. I don't know why but the other module was working very well straight away with no tinkering at all.Indeed, given the price of this product, you should not expect 4K video and you will not get this resolution anyway. The maximum resolution is quite decent for such a small thing but the image quality is mediocre at best, not to mention the lag due to the size of the frames when in high resolution. If you just need to monitor something just to see something is happening, go for it, if you need a surveillance camera, this is not the product you need and there is no night vision at all.

one of the esp32 cams was able to get a bit of the programing but then quit. I tried using and arduino and an FTDI several times. The one camera would not take take the program at all.. the other started the down load then quit and now does nothing.. Neither even light up the flash when the reset is pushed.. Checked the arduino AND the FTDI just to make sure it wasn't just my equipment.. I know there can be problems at times with these small things that was the reason I ordered two of them.. But that didn't work either.. Have not contacted customer service.. Figured what was the pont..