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OV5640 5MP Camera Breakout with 160° Wide Angle Lens
· MPN: ADA5841
This breakout makes it easier to add a camera module to capable hobby microcontrollers without needing a full computer or FPGA. It uses an OV5640 camera with...
This breakout makes it easier to add a camera module to capable hobby microcontrollers without needing a full computer or FPGA. It uses an OV5640 camera with a 5 Megapixel sensor element and a very-wide 160-degree fish-eye lens.
The lens gives a wide, distorted view that suits security systems, room monitoring or watching a broad section of a roadway. The board is designed for microcontrollers such as the RP2040 and ESP32-Sx series that can handle the 8-bit data output, DMA frame capture and RAM needed to buffer a raw snapshot.
Adafruit has added support circuitry and layout improvements to make prototyping simpler, including breadboard-friendly header options, selectable clock generation, thermal handling, an optional motor power jumper and a disable-able power-good LED.
Features:
- Standard header: 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 perfboard
- Selectable clock generation: 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 you.
- Heat-sinking camera area: Heat-sinking camera area with exposed ground pad, with lots of vias for good thermal transfer. Helpful for when doing continuous encoding and reducing thermal image drift.
- Optional VMotor jumper: Optional VMotor 3.3V power jumper on DATA1, for auto-focusing camera modules
- Power-good LED: 3.3V power-good LED on back that can be disabled
Specifications:
- Product Dimensions: 35.7mm x 23.0mm x 17.5mm / 1.4" x 0.9" x 0.7"
A handy camera breakout for experimenting with embedded imaging, wide-area monitoring and microcontroller-based vision projects.
Jargon buster
Plain-language definitions for the technical terms used above.
- breakout
- A breakout is a small circuit board that makes a tiny or hard-to-solder component easier to connect to with standard pins. It matters because this OLED module can be wired into a microcontroller project without needing to solder directly to the display’s fine contacts.
- ESP32
- ESP32 is a family of microcontroller modules with built-in wireless features such as Bluetooth and WiFi. Knowing this product uses an ESP32-based module helps explain how it provides wireless serial communication and firmware update features.
- GPIO
- General-purpose input/output pins are microcontroller pins you can set in software to read signals, switch devices on and off, or connect to peripherals. The number of GPIO pins matters because it limits how many buttons, LEDs, sensors, and other parts you can wire directly to the board.
- LED
- A light-emitting diode is a small electronic component that lights up when current flows through it in the correct direction. In this kit, LEDs create the flashing effect, so polarity and correct soldering matter for the project to work.
- microcontroller
- A microcontroller is a small computer on a chip that runs your program and controls connected inputs and outputs. For this product, it is the part that reads buttons and sensors, drives the display and speaker, and communicates over Bluetooth.
- OV5640
- A specific camera sensor chip that captures still images or video data for a microcontroller or processor. The exact sensor matters because code examples, wiring, resolution, autofocus support and data format depend on the chip model.
- RAM
- RAM is temporary memory used while a device is running, and its contents are lost when power is removed. A “Run in RAM” mode is useful for testing settings without permanently programming the module, but it may not support every feature.
- RP2040
- A microcontroller chip used on many maker boards, with enough speed and flexible I/O for some camera and display projects. Compatibility with RP2040 matters because camera modules often need many pins and careful timing to read image data successfully.
- XCLK
- An external clock signal supplied to some camera sensors so their internal timing stays stable. It matters because your microcontroller or the camera board must provide the right clock for the sensor to output image data reliably.
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OV5640 Camera Mechanical Diagram
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