FREENOVE ESP32-S3-WROOM CAM Board, Dual-core 32-bit 240 MHz Microcontroller, Onboard Camera Wireless, Python C Code, Example Projects Tutorial

Highly recommend this to save you a headache and time. Best choice out of all the others in my opinion. Great documentation. I was up and running in five minutes. The others either took for ever and needed troubleshooting or the last one I purchased didn't connect to wifi at all.

A good chip set for the price. Please know it is not Arduino, but ESP32. Please read the difference between ordering, because I had no idea. I love this much more than Arduino (all of them)! It has built in WiFI capability.

never worked on Mac Sequoia. requires installation of extra drivers. even after following all directions, still could not get code to upload to device. Two different boards. Others have this issue as well. Other ESP32 boards, including others by FREENOVE work without issues. If you use a mac, skip this board. Supposedly this has an LED flash built in but i couldnt even test it because i couldn't upload even the most basic test to the board.Update: sketches loaded on windows but camera initiation failed with very basic example sketch. I give up. Way too much hassle when other ESP32 boards work without this much headache.

It works great as it should. Flashed it with ESP home tied to Home Assistant and was able to stream video with minimal configuration. Having USB-C is also really nice. They have great documentation as well. I have a couple other products from freenove and am happy with them as well

I like Freenove item sets and their tutorials, always educational and foolproof. I was looking for this to be an IP camera, but the signal and video is not met expectation, especially the camera sensor, way off from being a useable camera. However, the board (esp32s3) is very attractive to own, I know this set is meant for education purpose. Definitely would recommend for gift purpose, but not something to be programed as a security camera.

Freenove is great and this kit was fun. The Support is great for a learning platform which this thing is.

Am VERY pleased with this device.Example code all works :-) and IS educational.Had the opportunity to test out their support for the breakout board (not this item, no issues with it) which had a very minor issue, probably only me :-), The response time was QUICK and the resolution fixed the problem for me. HappyDance :-).Yes, I am pleased and will acquire a few more and probably get their Ultimate Starter Kit as well (2 is 1 and one is none, :-)). Also comes with a number of useful items and I am sure any examples will be as robust as the ones with this item.And I may have talked a tekkie friend into joining the club :-).Thanks Freenove!

Frustrating - camera capture to SD Card works great. WiFi server on it's own works great. When they are combined the performance of the web server is severely degraded and I cannot figure out why?Sketch_07.1_CameraWebServer example in tutorial is slow and at times not responsive. Pinging the server times out often. I have no problems with other WiFi projects I have built with other boards. Want this to work since it's such a nice package!!