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ESP32 Cam Video Tutorial: How to Build a Surveillance Camera in a Few Steps and Stream the Live Video Directly to Your Phone or Computer

How to use the ESP32 Cam with PlatformIO? In this mini-project, you will learn the basic essentials, and we will make the built-in flash LED blink via code!

How can you flash your ESP32 Cam without a USB port? You will need what is known as an FTDI. What this is and how to connect such an FTDI to the ESP32 Cam, we will take a closer look at.

With this blog article, I am starting a series dedicated exclusively to the ESP32 Cam board. Here you will first find an overview of the ESP32 Cam, which boards are available and what you should look out for.

Learn how to filter out your sensitive data like passwords, api keys etc. in your source code BEFORE pushing it to Git – and how to re-replace it automatically with your credentials again when pulling from Git!

The Art of Crimping! Here I show you step by step how to make your own jumper cables for Arduino, ESP32 and Co. – with a suitable crimping tool and some stranded wire you already have the most important materials.

Today I will show you all the different ways you can power up your Arduino, ESP32 or ESP8266 – which ports and pins can be used and what to take care of. Then I will show you two power supply setups if you need a little bit more amperes.

This guide gives you ALL the basics you ever need to start tinkering with 5 Volt LED Stripes like Neopixel, WS2812B & Co. and you beloved microcontroller like Arduino, ESP32 or ESP8266.

QUOTEFRAME, this is a DIY digital sayings calendar. Runs on battery, has Wi-Fi to edit the sayings and has an extremely high WAF value. It also makes a great gift! I’ll show you what you can do with it and how I put it together! Today we build something that can be used as a gift for all who like

Power ESP with batteries! Plus: the best battery holder ever! Which batteries and accumulators are best suited to supply ESPs or similar microcontrollers with power? We’ll clarify that in this article. I’ll also show you one of the best ways to mount batteries in your project case and how to create a tidy power supply: with the Flex Battery Holder