Entropy Reduction

Personal log of yet another digital native.

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Project maintained by andre-abadi Hosted on GitHub Pages — Theme by mattgraham

Purpose

• Camera to see if garage door safe to close
• Not for recording or surveillance use, hence didn’t need high resolution or quality

Reference

• Case with kodak thread for ESP32CAM + CH340
• ESP32 Camera Component

Actions

• Printed case in PolyMaker PolyTerra PLA black.
• Flashed ESP32-CAM-CH340 with ESPHome
• Swapped in a wide angle lens
• Zip-tied to convenient location in garage

Pictures

Code

# https://www.esphome-devices.com/devices/ESP32-CAM
esp32_camera:
  external_clock:
    pin: GPIO0
    frequency: 20MHz
  i2c_pins:
    sda: GPIO26
    scl: GPIO27
  data_pins: [GPIO5, GPIO18, GPIO19, GPIO21, GPIO36, GPIO39, GPIO34, GPIO35]
  vsync_pin: GPIO25
  href_pin: GPIO23
  pixel_clock_pin: GPIO22
  power_down_pin: GPIO32
  # image quality settings
  # https://sequr.be/blog/2021/03/home-automation-esp32-cam-and-esphome/
  #
  resolution: 800x600
  name: "${friendly_name}"
  max_framerate: 5 fps
  idle_framerate: 0.2fps
  jpeg_quality: 10
  vertical_flip: false
  horizontal_mirror: false

Observations

• Worked
• Could have removed unused camera thread
• Ventilation at rear was both functional and aesthetically pleasing