TimerCamera-X

SKU:U082-X

Tutorial

Camera-Tool

Camera-Tool is suitable for TimerCAM and UnitCAM series products. The GROVE interface needs to be connected to the PC through the TTL-TO-USB adapter board before UnitCAM is used.

UIFlow - Media Trans

Use TimerCAM to achieve low-power wake-up shooting function, which requires Wi-Fi connection. The captured pictures will be automatically uploaded to the M5 cloud, and a fixed HTTP interface will be generated through a unique token, and other devices can access through this interface to obtain the latest frame of pictures and the current battery voltage status of the device

UIFlow - UART/TIMER

Use M5CORE type equipment to connect TimerCAM/Unit CAM through GROVE interface to realize command to control the camera UART to transmit images and preview them on the M5CORE screen, or configure the timer shooting upload cloud function (return to fixed HTTP API).

TimerFolderPusher

This tutorial will show you how to periodically transfer images to a computer shared folder via TimerCAM (based on the SMB file sharing transfer protocol)

Arduino IDE

Arduino IDE environment setup-TimerCAM/UnitCAM

Timer Amazon S3 FolderPusher

This tutorial will show you how to periodically transfer images to Amazon S3 file storage service via TimerCAM

Description

Timer Camera X is a camera module based on ESP32, integrated with ESP32 chip and 8M-PSRAM. The camera (ov3660) with 3 million pixels , DFOV 66.5 ° and shoot 2048x1536 resolution photo, built-in 140mAh battery and LED status indicator, featuring ultra-low power consumption design. There is a reset button under the LED. Through RTC (BM8563), timing sleep and wake-up can be realized. The standby current is only 2μA. After timing photo taking function(one photo per hour) is turned on, the battery can work continuously for more than one month. The module supports Wi-Fi image transmission and USB port debugging. The bottom HY2.0-4P port output can be connected to other peripherals. Through M5Burner burning firmware, Timer Camera X can be set directly with Camera-Tool, and Timer Camera X data can be processed in UIFlow.

Features

Design based on esp32
Wi-Fi image transmission
Timed sleep wake up
Status indicator
Ultra low power design
Built-in 140mAh battery
Programming platform:ESP-IDF/Arduino/UIFlow

Includes

1x Timer Camera X
1x LEGO Adapter
1x Wall-1515
1x Type-C USB(20cm)

Applications

Take pictures regularly
Remote video monitoring

Specifications

Resources	Parameter
PSRAM	8MB
Flash	4M
Image Sensor	OV3660
Maximum resolution	3M pixels
Output format	8-/10-Bit RAW, RGB and YCbCr output, compression.
DFOV	66.5°
Battery	140mAh
Net weight	15g
Gross weight	39g
Product Size	482415mm
Package Size	754530mm

The low-power power management solution adopted by the Timer Camera series is different from the CORE and StickC devices. When in use, the PWR button is used as a power-on button(long press 2s). If you need to shut down the device, you need to use the software API or press the Reset button on the PCB.When using external power supply, the device will remain powered on.

Driver Installation

TimerCAM may not work without drive in some systems. Users can manually install FTDI Driver to fix this problem. Take the win10 environment as an example, download the driver file that matches the operating system, unzip it, and install it through the device manager. (Note: In some system environments, the driver needs to be installed twice for the driver to take effect. The unrecognized device name is usually M5Stack or USB Serial. Windows recommends using the driver file to install directly in the device manager (custom Update), the executable file installation method may not work properly).

Easyloader

EasyLoader is a concise and fast program writer, which has a built-in case program related to the product. It can be burned to the main control by simple steps to perform a series of function verification.

Download Windows Version Easyloader

Description:
Connect the TimerCAM hotspot(AP),input password 12345678 and open 192.168.4.1 in the browser to view the image. If you need to use the timing photo function, please refer to the quick start guide

PinMap

Camera Interface PinMap

Interface	Camera Pin	TimerCamera
SCCB Clock	SIOC	IO23
SCCB Data	SIOD	IO25
System Clock	XCLK	IO27
Vertical Sync	VSYNC	IO22
Horizontal Reference	HREF	IO26
Pixel Clock	PCLK	IO21
Pixel Data Bit 0	D0	IO32
Pixel Data Bit 1	D1	IO35
Pixel Data Bit 2	D2	IO34
Pixel Data Bit 3	D3	IO5
Pixel Data Bit 4	D4	IO39
Pixel Data Bit 5	D5	IO18
Pixel Data Bit 6	D6	IO36
Pixel Data Bit 7	D7	IO19
Camera Reset	RESET	IO15
Camera Power Down	PWDN	-1
Power Supply 3.3V	3V3	3V3
Ground	GND	GND

HY2.0-4P

HY2.0-4P	TimerCamera
SCL	G13
SDA	G4
5V	5V
GND	GND

LED

LED	TimerCamera
LED_Pin	G2

BUTTON

BUTTON	TimerCamera
BUTTON	G37

BM8563

BM8563	TimerCamera
SCL	G14
SDA	G12

BAT

BAT	TimerCamera
BAT_ADC_Pin	G38
BAT_HOLD_Pin	G33

Schematics

TimerCAM_X

Datasheets

datasheet
- ESP32
- OV3660

Softwares

Arduino

TimerCamera X-Arduino

ESP-IDF

Firmware

You can download and burn firmware with M5Burner

Tutorial

Video

Focus adjustment

Brown out protection

When the voltage is low, the camera may trigger the Brown out protection and cause reset. You can configure it when compiling the project to disable it.

Arduino

#include "soc/soc.h"
#include "soc/rtc_cntl_reg.h"

void setup() {
  WRITE_PERI_REG(RTC_CNTL_BROWN_OUT_REG, 0); //disable   detector
}

ESP-IDF

idf.py menuconfig

Component config->ESP32-specific->Hardware brownout detect & reset(disable)