How to program ESP32 CAM using Arduino UNO

In this tutorial video, I have shown you how to program ESP32 CAM using Arduino UNO. Here I have not used FTDI or any other USB to TTL converter to program ESP32CAM board.
During the video, I have shared Arduino esp32cam board connection and all the required setting in Arduino IDE for uploading code to ESP32CAM using Arduino.
If you follow all the steps shown in this video, then you should not get any connection error, but still, if you get any error then disconnect the Arduino from the esp32 camera module and try it again.
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[@frankbee9831]

Thank you! Very helpful! I've tried it for several hours with other tutorials and with yours it's finally working after watching your video.

[@TechStudyCell]

Great 👍

[@uzi1co2]

Hello. I need the esp32 library, can you share it with me or send a link for this library? [e-mail]

[@randolfaquino9998]

how do reset if you made a mistake in loading?

[@gizmowizard352]

Exactly what I was looking for .A step-by-step guide to the ESP-32 CAM.Thanks!

[@techtalk5161]

Did it worked for you? I'm getting error and no AVR ISP programmer in IDE

[@pittsville21850]

I am trying hard to do this with the interface cable and it never worked with a DM brand ESP32.cam. Using Arduino as described works great! Thanks a great deal. This puts an end to my frustration and failure using the USB to UART adapter. I was able to use AI Thinker setting in the IDE and Arduino worked great for the DM branded cam board. Thanks again, a whole lot!

[@TechStudyCell]

Great 👍

[@maxxiang8746]

It won't work without connecting the arduino in reset mode... After connecting them it works now. Great video

[@matthwy1]

Excellent explanation! Everything you need, direct, clear, and nothing superfluous

[@TechStudyCell]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@flavius-alexandruflorea6321]

Do I just flash it even though the programmer is not available?

[@flavius-alexandruflorea6321]

Flashed it and it worked. To all, be aware, on my ESP32-CAM (ESP32-S) one of the GND pins, is not actually a GND and gave fatal error bla bla. Changing the GND connection to the 2nd GND pin, the flashing worked just fine. Remember to disconnect the GPIO 0 from GND after flashing, open Serial Monitor and only then press RESET on your ESP32 in order to execute the programme and get the IP. In case the response is "............" check your SSID/pass for typos. Good luck!

[@techtalk5161]

Did it worked for you? I'm getting error and no AVR ISP programmer in IDE

[@vishnupraneeth5603]

@@techtalk5161 did you get it now ?

[@CDRClarisse]

I'm in a design program in Sweden but I graduated from Indian KZbin. Thanks mate!!

[@TechStudyCell]

That's awesome!

[@choenriquez]

I got it to go after a few tries. Also yes to set Programmer to 'AVR ISP' you need Arduino IDE 1.8.12. It's not on the 1.8.13 version. Thank you very much!

[@jameslloydtumanda2136]

Hi, I followed the steps and got successfully the IP address. However, when I tried to search it on browser it can't reach the page. Pls help.

[@gokulakrishnan527]

@@jameslloydtumanda2136 is that module is connected to the device in which u search?? through hotspot/wifi??

[@jameslloydtumanda2136]

@@gokulakrishnan527 Do you mean that my laptop and the module must be connected to a same wifi network?

[@gokulakrishnan527]

@@jameslloydtumanda2136 yes you have to connect same wifi ! Try it: swithch On the Hotspot on ur mobile and connect ur laptop through wifi also connect module to that same network search the ip on ur mobile browser or laptop browser.

[@jameslloydtumanda2136]

@@gokulakrishnan527 My laptop and the module are already connected on the same wifi network. But still, it can't reach the page when I search the IP address. I will try to use other WiFi network. Thanks..

[@protuningaustralia6795]

Hi there, thank you very much for your very fast simple, easy to understand tutorial. You are a legend. Regards Dave

[@TechStudyCell]

Thank you for your feedback.

[@Gyroeg]

thank u this will be a big help for a school project ha... ur explanation is so clear and precise

[@TechStudyCell]

Thanks

[@rbaleksandar]

1 year later, version 2.04 of the library and things have change. Now I cannot reproduce this at all. What's worse version 1.04 has apparently been altered somehow and can no longer select a programmer for the board at all. What a pity. However with the new version I found out that using "Upload using Programmer" (from the Sketch menu) seemingly does the job. I had to reconnect the Arduino to the PC and then restart the serial monitor.

[@johnrobertsabillo5196]

great work sir, i'm so very impress you work, keept it up sir.

[@turboflais1549]

Hi, Iwas following the video but on the part of the programer it says: "No programers available for this board", any suggestion on how I can solve this?

[@santiagoparodi1492]

you probably have the arduino ide version 1.8.13, just get the previous version

[@chanduroyal8926]

Same problem sir

[@rafaoli9918]

Thanks a lot love u indians you always help me with your electronics tutorials

[@naifalkhanferi3088]

The code is ok but when i open the serial monitor , I pressed the rest button of the camera the code repeats at self , please help

[@dhanussh]

Hey, we used this for one of our university projects and this video helped us figure it out. Thank you :)

[@antoniaharing9848]

I am his friend and I approve. No for real, thank you. It helped a lot! Keep up the good work :)

[@techtalk5161]

Did it worked for you? I'm getting error and no AVR ISP programmer in IDE

[@christopherpetrov2355]

Brilliant !! Time to put old uno boards at work .

[@leef_me8112]

May I suggest that the "Aditional boards Manager URLs" be split into 2 lines? This would make copy/pasting easier.

[@laila6942]

very helpful step by step tutorial, finally my esp32cam works fine...thank you

[@TechStudyCell]

Welcome

[@ashutoshdash1955]

Yed

[@Arpan_gaming250]

Well done I like you because you do not waste time and tell clear

[@guillaume6659]

Thank you ! I was looking all the day for a working tutorial. Yours is working!!

[@TechStudyCell]

Great 👍

[@benmaynard3059]

Can I ask , what exactly did you make this for? I'm looking for inspiration lol .

[@guillaume6659]

@@benmaynard3059 Hi, I wanted to use it in a robot to do facial recognition. But the quality was so bad that I didn't use it in the end. I don't know if it was a manufacturing defect or the camera which was basic like that. You can use it as a surveillance camera on a webserver, and you can acces to the video from internet...

[@benmaynard3059]

Hey yea , that's cool was just wondering what you did with it .

[@somebody9033]

@@guillaume6659 esp32cam camera is utter garbage. Nothing to do with yours.

[@sindekrishnaveni4789]

thank you for your video, but we are getting a problem with cam.. "detected camera not supported", can you suggest any solution for us.. can I know which type esp32 cam u r using whether AI thinker or normal one?

[@grzegorzdvipek]

Thank you! I really appreciate this video. I couldn't make this board to work. But after watching this tutorial it finally works! Thanks man :) Keep up the good work.

[@kamadjesadjiedjienaallen9259]

please, I am unable to get the desired library after pasting the links in the Additional boards Manager url but was unable to make any updates. Pls could you help me...

[@muhammadabidisyraf1753]

Tq...after all video of basic connection eps32 cam....this is working

[@TechStudyCell]

Great 👍

[@zakashii]

What do you do if you have "no programmer available for this board" when trying to select a programmer?

[@dariofernando148]

I fixed my problem watching your video. Thank u so much!!!

[@TechStudyCell]

Glad it helped!

[@thedictationofallah]

This is the stereotypical Indian tech tutorial you were looking for

[@tecons5226]

Muito obrigado, eu já tinha até desistido de usar o meu módulo espcam.

[@AlexisGarcia-gh2qh]

Thank you very much, been looking through a lot of videos that lead me to the same error. Gracias!!!!

[@sebastianueberschar211]

Nice video! First had some problems after uploading the sketch, because serial monitor show that the camera are not found, after add a external 5V power supply, everything works well! Just happy to see my own face :-)

[@TechStudyCell]

Great 👍

[@Mint-wy7xz]

How did you add that?

[@hazqier]

how did you get the ESP32 ketch examples? I couldn't find it even tho I've already downloaded the library. Edit: Nvm, found it. I have to change the board to ESP32 first in order for the examples to show.

[@ritik4864]

Thanks man👍

[@humphreyham3248]

i already put my wifi name and password. but not connected and the ip address didnt show up

[@kailashpatil4308]

Thank you very much for the information about esp32 camera coding 😀

[@SydneyMatheus]

Thanks!! Worked. I see some having trouble with "Programmer: AVR ISP" but I'm using Arduino IDE at version 1.8.13 without this setting, in programmer I just left with nothing and worked.

[@jeugenejohn4636]

Really informative video. Simple steps. Thanks for uploading

[@tarzanchita9811]

So many tutorial videos and only yours worked for me!! tnks

[@TechStudyCell]

You are welcome...

[@rijwanjaelani5449]

no programer available for this board , when i click programmer menu. how to fix it ? i use arduino ide 1.8.19

[@mitch7w]

Appreciate it. If you're on Mac and get a "exec: "python": executable file not found in $PATH" error you need to run the commands sed -i -e 's/=python /=python3 /g' ~/Library/Arduino15/packages/esp32/hardware/esp32/*/platform.txt in the terminal.

[@coder_us_]

What will happen if i paste the IP on different device browser which is not connected to audrino. Will i be able to access the camera from different device?

[@ecogreenmaker6225]

Hey Tech StudyCell btw I have issues finding the library of esp32 cam in the Arduino IDE may I know how did you get all those resources?

[@jeduthunoosthuis5794]

You need to select the ESP32 board before the examples will show.

[@fernanda6259]

Hello, I have a problem; [E][camera.c:1483] esp_camera_fb_get(): Failed to get the frame on time! Camera capture failed

[@AbhinavMishraA-wc3ky]

cc1plus.exe: out of memory allocating 8016 bytes Multiple libraries were found for "WiFi.h" Used: C:\Users\USER\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\esp32\hardware\esp32\2.0.2\libraries\WiFi Not used: C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\libraries\WiFi Using library WiFi at version 2.0.0 in folder: C:\Users\USER\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\esp32\hardware\esp32\2.0.2\libraries\WiFi exit status 1 It is showing me this error while uploading!! Please help ! It's urgent!!

[@zeeshan199415]

Fatal error: waiting for packet header No option showing in "programmer"

[@donaldkormos5529]

Thank you very much!!! One small difference from your example. Ordered ESP32-CAM that now comes with little programming shield board which connects to computer's USB. Other than this small change ... I didn't need Arduino board for programming ... your example was perfect!

[@krelis77]

Totally worked for me. Tnx for showing this awesome esp32 cam mod with an arduino uno 👍

[@TechStudyCell]

Great 👍

[@highjack2778]

@@TechStudyCell can the same wiring be used to program other esp32 board like dev kit board, 38 pin board. I want to know because i have esp32 dev kit board with broken usb port, but i want to program it by using arduino uno.

[@mmo1239]

I cannot get IP address by serial monitor, it only shows dots after I pressed the reset button. Anyone can help?

[@havish5963]

Hey you need to press the reset button on the other board not the board in which camera is there

[@mmo1239]

@@havish5963 Thanks bro

[@kaushalkarwa3182]

did it work

[@juanbeca]

You are amazing my friend. I have a Esp32 but Arduino can't recognize on serial port. I will try with your example

[@Baursak66]

Good smart man 100 years of health and well-being for children, women and parents. Do you speak your own Sanskrit language? I am Russian speaking. I understand you. Thank you. You are a professional in your field. Helped with ESP32-Cam+arduino odin dva tri tsetyre piat shest sem vosem deviat desiat

[@ashutoshdash1955]

It worked in just one go really thank you ☺️

[@TechStudyCell]

Welcome

[@mradulbhardwaj4134]

How many usable gpio are in it ??

[@rondavid2801]

I get this error: [E][camera.c:1113] camera_probe(): Detected camera not supported. [E][camera.c:1379] esp_camera_init(): Camera probe failed with error 0x20004

[@janejakumar9844]

same here, did u find the solution?

[@rondavid2801]

@@janejakumar9844 i changed the board to AI THINKER ESP-32

[@electronic7979]

Very good

[@TechStudyCell]

Thanks

[@famedmimicgogo2780]

I can't find the avr isp programmer, pls help me

[@nyzexnyrize9172]

Hey! Thanks for the tutorial. I uploaded the sketch and did everything as shown, but my wifi fails to connect even when SSID and password is correctly put. Any ideas?

[@MarioPerez-vb9hj]

Thank you! From Argentina

[@TechStudyCell]

You are welcome

[@_saga3898]

Hey, which software did you use to draw the diagram?

[@shinjansaha240]

How to get the "AVR ISP " in programmer

[@onkarnaik6215]

This video is worked for me🥳Thank you so much...

[@TechStudyCell]

Great 👍

[@tonyscarpelli772]

In the video you are showing a ESP32 board not the camera board. For some reason, although it's trying to connect, it's not connecting with the camera board. I tried reversing the RX and TX lines and that didn't work. Can it be a wrong board in the Arduino IDE? Any suggestions? Thanks.

[@ser7ser7i]

Thank you, worked for me, peace and love

[@TechStudyCell]

Great 👍👍

[@moeinrahimi4853]

i have no avr isp

[@ankitghosh8256]

and also how to get the AVR ISP in Arduino tools programmer for esp32 ?

[@Frankyyodi]

same problem with me

[@geooogle]

Exactly. I have no options under programmer. I did a couple search but no one liner code. Please help!

[@Frankyyodi]

@@geooogle i found it btw, i download 1.85 version zip the install version cant detect it i dunno why

[@geooogle]

@@Frankyyodi Ty. Do you have a link to download and install AVR ISP?

[@AA7Productionz]

@@geooogle did u solve this issue, i have the same problem.

[@wwetop104u5]

Thanks Brother this video is very helpfyll for my FYP. can you use ESP32 cam in YOLO object detection

[@mehdwiyouth6338]

please help not uploading An error occurred while uploading the sketch ...... .... A fatal error occurred: Failed to connect to ESP32: Timed outaiting for packet header...?

[@augustocesarmartins5281]

buenas noches,, me sale este error Arduino:1.8.13 (Windows 8.1), Tarjeta:"AI Thinker ESP32-CAM, 240MHz (WiFi/BT), QIO, 80MHz" El Sketch usa 2594790 bytes (82%) del espacio de almacenamiento de programa. El máximo es 3145728 bytes. Las variables Globales usan 56256 bytes (17%) de la memoria dinámica, dejando 271424 bytes para las variables locales. El máximo es 327680 bytes. esptool.py v3.0-dev Serial port COM4 Connecting........_____....._____....._____....._____....._____....._____.....____Ha ocurrido un error mientras se enviaba el sketch _ A fatal error occurred: Failed to connect to ESP32: Invalid head of packet (0x00) Este informe podría contener más información con "Mostrar salida detallada durante la compilación" opción habilitada en Archivo -> Preferencias.

[@dogandursun04]

thank you very much. It was a very useful video.

[@TechStudyCell]

You are welcome

[@lavanyanarayani298]

Detected camera not supported showing in serial monitor how to fix the problem

[@electriclesindustries5402]

Thanks so much for such a detailed video. Keep posting videos like this.

[@TechStudyCell]

Thanks for the feedback

[@muhdriduan8898]

@@TechStudyCell hi sir, i have a problem when uploading the code it show time out waiting for packet header

[@coder_us_]

What will happen if i paste the IP on different device browser which is not connected to audrino. Will i be able to access the camera from different device?

[@CalyGamer]

Amazing! however it works until I try to activate the face recognition feature, where it freezes until I reset it. How can I fix that?

[@TheDankDev]

Is there a way to make it save the video to SD?

[@rijwanjaelani5449]

Detected camera not supported, how to fix this?

[@tejash53raj]

Can I use this as a wifi cam in drone ?

[@shreyasawant639]

just wanted to ask that why do we have to add those two additional board manager urls? Can you please tell?

[@edgargonzaleslaura7509]

Thank you!

[@lensnlarge970]

Does it have to be connected on same internet connection or it can be streamed from any different internet connection?

[@theadityashaw]

Please help me, I'm continously getting error 'timed out waiting for packet header'

[@TechStudyCell]

Press the reset button before uploading the code as shown in the video.

[@arnoldramos5898]

I have the same problem bro.

[@sxixmxoxnx]

i have a conection problems because i done everything that you have done on the videio but is not conecting to wifi generating a ip

[@AnisGrande]

hii, can i know how to know what model are we using? and why does mine cant choose the programmer? :(

[@baguswijanarko3679]

terima kasih banyak atas tutorial Anda yang mudah dipahami.

[@Arun-fd2nj]

@Tech StudyCell It gives me another error now... Invalid head of packet (0*01) Help please also when i click on programmers it shows no programmers were available :(

[@statwizard]

+1 Subscribed! Thank you for the assist and great explanation. 👍👍👍

[@efzaf7799]

In order to connect arduino with esp32 you use male to female jumber wires ?

[@kamadjesadjiedjienaallen9259]

I was unable to get the desired library that you used... I can't get to find the library.... Please could you help me...

[@ronaldiux123]

Hi, thank you for this video. I have a question for you Is there a way for use the arduino´s pins to connect peripherals? I need more pins and the ESP32 is full

[@TechStudyCell]

You can initiate serial communication between ESP32 and Arduino

[@moacircolman6199]

I need some help, this given this error when running the program esptool.py v3.1 Serial port COM10 Connecting........____....._____....._____....._____....._____....._____.....____ A fatal error occurred: Failed to connect to ESP32: Invalid head of packet (0x00) A fatal error occurred: Failed to connect to ESP32: Invalid head of packet (0x00)

[@khaileng3020]

Hi, all of the process were no problem, but why i getting only dots at serial monitor , and didnt show Wifi connected like you, what is the problem and solution for this?

[@heritierhabumugisha8734]

Bonjour, ma question est si c'est possible d'utiliser un esp32cam comme module wifi parce que la mienne n'a pas de caméra

[@azkarehman8366]

serial.serialutil.SerialTimeoutException: Write timeout Failed to execute script esptool An error occurred while uploading the sketch

[@anushmitaghosh9298]

hey, I am facing the same problem could you please tell me how to solve this

[@yoiiii5962]

hello, i keep running into a problem where it does not provide a link to be copied and accessed, it only shows up to the entry 0x400806b8 text, after that it should provide a link to access the camera right? mine does not show up, it only shows dots

[@pavanpriyatham6345]

Tried the same but getting issue as E(546) esp_core_dump_flash : no core dump partition found could you help me out in this

[@incredibletechyt3404]

code is uploading but but cam is not connecting to wi-fi 😭😭😭 and programmer is not showing

[@maspik2831]

On the tool I don't look "AVR ISP" Is the Arduino IDE version of affect?

[@coder_us_]

What will happen if i paste the IP on different device browser which is not connected to audrino. Will i be able to access the camera from different device?

[@vikhneshar104]

So do i have to reset the settings after programing the ESP32CAM Before programing the uno for diffrent projects

[@heyos9122]

Uploading error: Failed uploading:uploading error:exit status 2. Is it my board the problem? Should i use FTDI programmer?

[@opioasde]

Hello , i am using the same config but i am not able to see the port whenever i set "reset" pin to ground any idea?

[@reh-linchen4698]

I got the following error message: "Sketch uses 2100663 bytes (160%) of program storage space. Maximum is 1310720 bytes.text section exceeds available space in board." Any idea? I have tried different configurations but none worked. Same error.

[@mellee3436]

Select Huge App in the partition menu

[@selingun4997]

thank you for your tutarial it was great but when ı try to choose a programmer it says 'no programmers available for this board' what should ı do

[@steve-rr3nq]

the urls don't work. I can't get the esp 32 into my examples. it would be so nice, if the info in the video actually was on the arduino program. turning out to be a major frustration. I am an A+ certified computer tech with 20 years exp. this is written well, just not up to date, or just plain wrong. but so far, I'm not getting anywhere. there is no way to teach it to children, if I can't figure it out. everything [points to those two urls, but they don't work, nothing but error messages, and no answers how to fix it, just more and more sites and people pushing that url. help would be nice.

[@roshanrai2337]

Which software did you use for making circut diagram

[@jaytarantado1033]

Sir, I followed every ste but I don not have the AVR ISP programmer. The programmer does not show up under Tools>programmer. It said that "No available programmer in this board". Im using Arduino Uno by the way.

[@AC0618]

Why do I do the same as you, but the delay during streaming is very serious and very lag?