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# OV5640 Camera Breakout with 120° Low-Distortion Lens

**Brand:** Adafruit

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## Pricing

- **Price:** $29.84
- **Stock:** In stock at supplier
- **Local warehouse:** 0 units
- **Supplier (Adafruit):** 42 units
- **SKU:** AF-5839

## Description

This breakout makes it much easier to add a higher-resolution camera to capable microcontroller projects. It uses the OV5640 image sensor with a 5 Megapixel sensor element and a 120-degree wide-angle lens designed for minimal fish-eye distortion, making it a good fit for machine vision, snapshot capture and other embedded imaging jobs.It is designed for hobby-level platforms that can handle an 8-bit camera data bus, such as the RP2040 and ESP32-Sx family. The board includes the support circuitry needed for interfacing, and Adafruit has updated the layout to make prototyping friendlier on breadboard and perfboard while keeping the module backwards compatible with existing camera setups.There are also a few practical hardware touches for real-world use: selectable internal or external 24MHz XCLK generation, improved thermal handling around the camera area, an optional VMotor power jumper for auto-focusing camera modules, and a 3.3V power-good LED on the back that can be disabled if needed.Features:Dual header layout: Standard 2x9 header if you want it, but also a duplicated header strip 0.3" apart so you can plug it into a breadboard or perfboardSelectable clock source: Selectable external or internal 24MHz "XCLK" clock generation - save one gpio pin, or just have a nice stable 24 MHz signal even if your microcontroller can't generate it for youThermal design: Heat-sinking camera area with exposed ground pad, with lots of vias for good thermal transferReduced thermal drift: Helpful for when doing continuous encoding and reducing thermal image driftVMotor jumper: Optional VMotor 3.3V power jumper on DATA1, for auto-focusing camera modulesPower LED: 3.3V power-good LED on back that can be disabledSpecifications:Product Dimensions: 35.7mm x 23.0mm x 17.5mm / 1.4" x 0.9" x 0.7"A handy option for embedded vision projects where a full computer or FPGA would be overkill, especially when paired with newer microcontrollers that support camera capture and frame buffering.

**Product Type:** Camera Module

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