{"product_id":"freenove-esp32-s3-camera-board-kit-ov2640-class","title":"Freenove ESP32-S3 Camera Board Kit — OV2640-Class","description":"\u003cp\u003eSee what your code sees. This board pairs a full ESP32-S3 with a real onboard camera, everything a beginner computer-vision project needs on one part.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is a reason so many camera-based ESP32 tutorials exist online: pairing a capable microcontroller with an onboard image sensor turns a low-cost board into a usable webcam, security camera, or vision-input device for a weekend project. This kit adds the essentials on top of the bare board — a USB cable, a card reader, and a 1GB memory card — so capturing and saving images is a short setup, not an afternoon of sourcing parts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the center is a full ESP32-S3 controller: dual-core, running up to 240MHz, with meaningfully more GPIO and processing headroom than the ESP32-C3 boards elsewhere in this catalog. That headroom matters here, because camera work needs it. Onboard PSRAM gives the camera pipeline the frame-buffer memory it needs to actually initialize and run at real resolutions — something boards without enough PSRAM will quietly fail to do.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe onboard camera uses an OV2640-class sensor, a 2-megapixel color CMOS sensor that is one of the most common and best-documented image sensors in the whole ESP32 camera ecosystem. That is a real practical advantage: most tutorials, code examples, and community troubleshooting threads for ESP32 cameras are written for this exact sensor family. A word of honesty, though — not every camera project you find online targets OV2640 specifically. Some assume OV3660 or OV5640 sensors instead, which use different pin configurations and driver code. Before following any specific tutorial, check that it targets OV2640 (or explicitly supports multiple sensor families); mismatches here are one of the most common points of confusion in this hobby.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eESP32-S3 controller: dual-core, up to 240MHz, with more GPIO and processing headroom than the ESP32-C3 boards in this catalog\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOnboard OV2640-class camera sensor: 2MP color CMOS, one of the most widely supported ESP32 camera sensors for tutorials and libraries\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOnboard PSRAM: the frame-buffer memory the camera pipeline actually needs to initialize at real resolutions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReal image capture and streaming: save still frames to the included SD card, or run a live MJPEG stream to any browser on the same network — no phone app or cloud account required\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIncluded in the kit: USB cable, card reader, 1GB memory card\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThis is the core board behind our Camera \/ CV Starter build — see the project guide for a full walkthrough\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCheck tutorial compatibility first: some ESP32 camera tutorials and libraries assume OV2640 specifically, others assume OV3660 or OV5640 — confirm sensor compatibility before following a specific guide\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Freenove","offers":[{"title":"8 MB Flash","offer_id":52882320032056,"sku":"TML-BRD-FREENOVE-ESP32-S3-CAMERA-01","price":1060.0,"currency_code":"THB","in_stock":true},{"title":"16 MB Flash","offer_id":52882320064824,"sku":"TML-BRD-FREENOVE-ESP32-S3-CAMERA-02","price":1158.0,"currency_code":"THB","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1012\/8716\/6264\/files\/freenove-esp32-s3-camera-spec-callout.png?v=1788506317","url":"https:\/\/nexusmicrolabs.com\/en\/products\/freenove-esp32-s3-camera-board-kit-ov2640-class","provider":"Nexus Micro Labs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}