Camera Station 2024 Model A

WROVER-DEV Camera

The Personal Console Controller Camera version 1 (PCCC1) is implemented with the Freenove ESP32-WROVER-DEV and its clones (board: esp-wrover-kit).

basic_p_station

Using the esp32-wrover-e module with 2 rows of 20-pin headers.

  1. GitHub - Freenove/Freenove_Ultimate_Starter_Kit_for_ESP32: Apply to FNK0047
  2. ESP32 Camera Component — ESPHome
  3. How to retrieve images from WROVER esp32 camera - ESPHome - Home Assistant Community

PCCC1 can stream video and take still images easily.

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ESPhome on Home Assistant

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The next step is to EDIT, copy and paste the following to the esp32 device. In the configuration example below, the device used is the esp32-wrover-dev.

esp32_camera:
  external_clock:
    pin: GPIO21
    frequency: 20MHz
  i2c_pins:
    sda: GPIO26
    scl: GPIO27
  data_pins: [GPIO4, GPIO5, GPIO18, GPIO19, GPIO36, GPIO39, GPIO34, GPIO35]
  vsync_pin: GPIO25
  href_pin: GPIO23
  pixel_clock_pin: GPIO22

  # Image settings
  name: My Camera
  # ...

Note: different esp32 devices will have different pin settings.

Click on the save button and then click on the install button.

If successful, the following will be shown

logs

Viewing live video and still images

On the side bar, select Media.

media_sources

Live Video

Select the Camera button.

live_video

Still Images

Set up:

  1. On Home Assistant sidebar, select Developer Tools -> Services -> in the Service dropdown menu, type in Camera: and select the Camera: Take snapshot.

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  1. Copy and paste the following (edit the entity_id as used by your camera):

service: camera.snapshot
data:
filename: /media/{{ '{{ entity_id.entity_id }}' }}/{{ now().strftime("%Y%m%d-%H%M%S") }}.jpg
target:
entity_id: camera.my_camera_2

  1. To take an image, click on the blue Call Service button.

call_service

  1. If successful the button will turn to green_tick.To view the image, on the sidebar select Media -> Local Media -> camera_entity_id

media_snapshot_location

1. Availability

https://shop.oztralia.com/product/pccc1/